armed struggle
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The People’s Mojahedin Organization, a well-organized leftist-Islamist group, waged an armed struggle against the shah and participated in the 1979 revolution that overthrew him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“We must recognize that armed struggle brings no benefit. While weapons are lethal, negotiation, mediation and dialogue are constructive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
The PKK formally renounced its armed struggle against the Turkish state in May, drawing a line under four decades of conflict that had claimed some 50,000 lives on both sides.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
This is not the first attempt at peace involving Turkey and the PKK, but this is the best hope so far that the armed struggle that began in 1984 will come to an end.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
They warned him that an armed struggle was an extremely grave undertaking and they questioned whether the liberation movement had matured sufficiently to justify such an endeavor.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
