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DPR Says Prevented Ukraine's Attempt to Organize Sabotage at Oil Depot

Urdu Point 18 Feb 2022
The People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic has ... The DPR's People's Militia said that a sabotage group attempted to enter the territory of the DPR-controlled Elenovka settlement.
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Oath Keepers founder secretly backed lawsuit to break government — because of ‘Lord of the ...

Raw Story 18 Feb 2022
"While Rhodes’ lawyers have claimed the leader of the far-right militia group did 'precisely nothing' after his insurrection dreams were dashed, new details obtained by The Daily Beast reveal that isn’t quite accurate ... 6, Rhodes and multiple militia members joined a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election," The Beast reported.
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UNHCR alarmed by rising violence against displaced civilians in eastern DR Congo

UNHCR 18 Feb 2022
Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to target displaced civilians in a growing number of deadly attacks this month ... Most recently, in the early hours of Tuesday 15 February, militia fighters massacred 17 people with machetes in the locality of Lando, Djugu Territory.
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EXPLAINER: Why is Libya sliding back to political division?

Montana Standard 18 Feb 2022
Walking naked; emergency landing; tased by officer; report of gunfire; intoxicated group poolside Guest view ... Its well-armed militias were crucial in the U.S.-backed fight against the Islamic State group in 2016, and most recently in fending off a 2019 offensive on the capital of Tripoli by east-based forces of commander Khalifa Hifter.
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Oath Keepers Founder Secretly Backed Lawsuit for Government Based on ‘Lord Of The Rings’

The Daily Beast 18 Feb 2022
While Rhodes’ lawyers have claimed the leader of the far-right militia group did “precisely nothing” after his insurrection dreams were dashed, new details obtained by The Daily Beast reveal that isn’t quite accurate ... 6, Rhodes and multiple militia members joined a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election.
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Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – Feb. 18, 2022

Anadolu Agency 18 Feb 2022
A senior member of the Daesh/ISIS terror group was killed in an ... Six peace envoys of the Democratic Republic of Congo's president have been missing since Wednesday afternoon and are believed to be held captive by a militia group in the eastern part of the country, an official said.
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Whitmer kidnap trial will include explosives, virtual recreations of training camp

Finger Lakes Times 18 Feb 2022
Agent "Mark" infiltrated the group by posing as a like-minded militia enthusiast from the Upper Peninsula. "Red," meanwhile, was introduced to the group as an explosives expert to deter members of the alleged plot from recruiting independent bombmakers, according to the trial brief.
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Durham Insists It’s Not His Fault MAGA Had A Field Day With His Slanted Filing

TPM 18 Feb 2022
... Bundy (yep, he’s running for governor too) because unlike with McGeachin, “we can’t influence” Bundy.McGeachin has well-documented ties to right-wing extremist groups, including the Three Percenters, a militia group with members who’ve been charged in connection to the Jan.
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Is America Approaching Its “Sell By” Date?

WhoWhatWhy 18 Feb 2022
And then, of course, the size of the violent groups in America right now simply dwarfs what was the violent groups in the ’60s ... You would have just large tribal groups of people armed in militias who essentially impose their own laws in their own neighborhood.
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Lawmaker panel advances bill lifting Idaho’s militia ban

The Associated Press 17 Feb 2022
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has advanced a bill that would repeal the state’s primary law banning private militias ... citizenship and declare themselves as “sovereign citizens.” Another group of residents started a militia group that was later accused of plotting to kill a federal judge.
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Lawmaker panel advances bill lifting Idaho's militia ban

Herald and News 17 Feb 2022
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has advanced a bill that would repeal the state's primary law banning private militias ... That prompted unregulated paramilitary groups to descend on the town, he said ... Another group of residents started a militia group that was later accused of plotting to kill a federal judge.
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The U.S.-Mexico Border Has Long Been a Magnet for Far-Right Vigilantes

Time Magazine 17 Feb 2022
After the Mexican Revolution erupted in 1910, American armed forces tried to keep violence from bleeding into states like Texas, and when Mexicans began to flee the conflict, the Texas Rangers and other militia-like groups armed up to prevent them from crossing.
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6 peace envoys 'held hostage' by rebels in eastern DRC

Anadolu Agency 17 Feb 2022
Six peace envoys of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) president have been missing since Wednesday afternoon and are believed to be held captive by a militia group in the eastern part of the country, an official said on Thursday ... targeting the militia group's positions.
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More Than 4,500 Homes Razed by Military Since Myanmar Coup

Voa News 17 Feb 2022
The homes were targeted in townships where anti-junta resistance in the form of prodemocracy People’s Defense Force militias and armed ethnic groups has been particularly fierce in recent months, and where the military response has been severe ... groups such as the Pyu Saw Htee.
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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, UAE are 'terrorist actions': Kosovo PM

Urdu Point 17 Feb 2022
... WAM - 17th Feb, 2022) Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has condemned the Houthi attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, labelling the militia as a terrorist group.
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