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paramilitary 1. denoting or relating to a group of personnel with military structure functioning either as a civil force or in support of military forces 2. denoting or relating to a force with military structure conducting armed operations against a ruling or occupying power 3. a. a paramilitary force b. a member of such a force How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Belfast--Ken Barrett, a former member of a Protestant paramilitary group who was convicted for the 1989 murder of Patrick Finucane, a prominent Catholic lawyer in Belfast, has been granted early release from prison after serving only two years of a life sentence. IN THE COURSE of researching paramilitary drug raids, I've found some pretty disturbing stuff. Serb refugees from those two breakaway republics were directed to Kosovo, and extreme Serb nationalist paramilitary forces, such as those of the notorious "Arkan," Zeljko Raznatovic, were beginning to operate there with lethal results. |
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