militia
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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Israeli media cited unnamed sources as saying the target of the strike had been the head of an Iranian militia.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Federal authorities have said for years that neo-Nazi and anti-government militia groups pose the most active and lethal domestic threats, though recently authorities have noted increases in leftist and mixed-motive attacks.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
On Dec. 2, seven maritime militia vessels arrived at Antelope Reef in the Paracel Islands, said Ray Powell, director of a maritime transparency project at Stanford University called SeaLight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
On the Canaan town green, the militia practiced loading and firing their muskets.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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