militiaman
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The United States on Friday complied with a federal court order and released a former Afghan militiaman from detention in Guantánamo Bay, in a case that reflects the changing political realities of Afghanistan.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Another video captured a militiaman recounting a purported conversation with police.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2021
Columnist Ralph Peters once wrote that “the laid off blue-collar worker in America and the Taliban militiaman in Afghanistan are brothers in suffering,” while others want to consign them to the soft shackles of the...
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2018
It is here that she encounters another militiaman who is attracted to Jesse, but not as a woman.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2018
As they closed in, a Virginia militiaman galloped all night to warn Jefferson.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Though government troops broke through the RSF’s blockade of Obeid last year, the militiamen are still positioned north, south and east of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Later he tried to build civil society in war-torn Iraq and Libya and was briefly kidnapped by Tuareg militiamen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
He began trying to blunt the danger that he saw lurking in every volatile situation the militiamen put themselves in.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
They would be militiamen, not soldiers, they were told.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Six thousand militiamen were put on standby in nearby armories.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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