Rogue government and rebel militias who prowl rural areas are hardly accountable to higher authorities. |
Six months later, U.S. troops drove Filipino militias from Manila and pursued them into the countryside. |
Powerful local families or sheiks took their place, setting up their own militias and spawning inter-tribal feuds. |
When night falls and security wanes, the janjaweed militias come marauding through the camps and attack the women. |
The war effort was built upon volunteer companies and the amorphous state militias behind them. |
Responded to such concerns, a national defence force of regular units, militias, and Volunteer units was constructed. |