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their troops were untrained militia
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But each town in the colonies had a militia — a small group of volunteer fighters. (source)militia = civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
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They also had to help the khans form a militia by providing an armed man for every small plot of land.† (source)
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Two Pakistani militia approached our dilapidated Land Cruiser, took a cursory glance inside, and waved us on.† (source)
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"Abide with Me" was sung, then "Last Post" was played, a little shakily, by a bugler from the Scouts band, followed by two minutes of silence and a rifle volley fired by the Militia.† (source)
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Inside was a stockpile of guns and knives sufficient to arm a small militia.† (source)
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I don't know why the State felt they needed a militia to guard the entrance to the prison on the night of an execution.† (source)
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Native Taliban forces mingle with foreign al Qaeda fighters, while mujahedeen militias also operate in the region.† (source)
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Governor Treat will be appointed Colonel of Militia.† (source)
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Militias.† (source)
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Most of them just look like indolent Third World militia the world over.† (source)
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Across the tribal areas people were angry and many joined militant groups or formed lashkars, local militias.† (source)
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They had just laughed it off as one of those militia freaks.† (source)
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Another brief was filed on behalf of former child soldiers whose terrifying behavior after being forced into violent African militias made the crimes of our clients seem much less aggravated by comparison.† (source)
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At 0500 the next day, Aidid's militia fired more artillery at the Port of Mogadishu checkpoint.† (source)
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And those opium profits, funneled back to the warlords, as they were called in the West, or commandhans, as they were known in Afghanistan, enabled them to recruit and equip formidable private militias, making the feeble central government of Hamid Karzai increasingly irrelevant the farther you traveled from Kabul.† (source)
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