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Both sides have armies of lawyers on standby for legal challenges on and after election day.

Hezbollah’s rise to become one of the world’s most capable non-state armies and a political powerbroker in Lebanon began in the 80s.

The Jehanabad prison was a powder keg, housing Maoists alongside their class enemies - vigilantes from upper caste Hindu private armies.

In June, an alliance of three ethnic armies renewed an offensive against the military, seizing territory along a key highway to China's Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar.

Myanmar’s regime suspects Beijing of playing both sides - keeping up the appearance of supporting the junta while continuing to maintain a relationship with ethnic armies in Shan State.