militia
ملیشیا
definition
noun
These elites raised militias that freed U.S. forces from town security duties and joined garrison soldiers to hunt guerrillas in the boondocks.
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
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In England the French rather than the German threat gave rise to the Volunteer Force, which supplemented the regular army and 'militia' .
small detachments of 'militia'
creating a 'militia' was no answer to the army's manpower problem
By the 1808 Treaty of Paris the Prussian army was restricted to a mere 42,000 men and forbidden to raise a 'militia' .
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed that marshals could summon both the 'militia' and regular troops to serve in a posse comitatus.
After weeks of dreadful anticipation, a rebel 'militia' advances against government forces.
He comes from Liberia where he was forced to become a child soldier and fight in a rebel 'militia' .
He plans to double the number of the security forces, and create a million-man 'militia' .
Using brutal tactics Duvalier created a rural 'militia' to intimidate the population.
It is this dynamic that the intelligent field commander of a local 'militia' or opposition group exploits.
The due process clause permits military justice but restricts its application to the armed forces or to the 'militia' during times of war.
The older men were discharged from service in the 'militia' as not fully reliable.
The 'militia' was a part-time force charged with a wide range of duties and organized at the village level, but supervised from higher echelons.
Most of the children escaped, although it is reported that some of the older ones were forcibly recruited into the rebel 'militia' .
Replacing 'militias' , guerilla groups and other armed bands, the new Afghan army is developing according to plan.
Military forces - and this included the various state 'militias' - were raised to defend the country against England, France, and Spain.
Until the national army becomes operationally effective, parts of the regional 'militias' will have to be maintained as local security forces under strict control of the central government.
During this period, all states and territories required men who wanted to avoid military service in the 'militias' to pay fees or to hire substitutes.
These mindful bureaucrats limited payments to state 'militias' that had been directly mustered into federal service or those that had been called out with authorization.
During the Revolutionary War, state governments assumed the colonies' authority to raise their short-term 'militias' through drafts if necessary.
The president, who had to be a natural-born citizen of the United States, was to be commander-in-chief of the military and the state 'militias' when brought into federal service.
There are another 6,200 UN peacekeepers on the way, who will supervise disarming of the rebels and pro-government 'militias' .
Disarmament of local 'militias' is also progressing well.
In the past, the problem of the opposition 'militias' was taken care of by creating a well paid and trained armed force to deal with armed opposition.
These elites raised 'militias' that freed U.S. forces from town security duties and joined garrison soldiers to hunt guerrillas in the boondocks.
Surviving civil wars and brutal 'militias' in several African countries, they arrive in Algeria and then must walk across the desert to Morocco.
About 15 000 children were drafted to fight in the pro-government 'militias' and rebel groups, the UN has estimated.
A legitimate government will encourage the regional forces to dissolve their 'militias' in the interest of creating a national army.
Opposition forces may have had 'militias' during the civil war but it is not civil war they want today.
Since such a war is more destructive to the civilian population than to the combatants, the 'militias' have little incentive to opt for a peace that does not favor their corporate agenda.
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