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  • July 2008

    • Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps

      (Newser) - Teenage pregnancy rates have spiked after youth militia members began raping Zimbabwean girls in President Robert Mugabe's torture camps, human rights workers tell the Times of London . The stigma against rape victims has kept the victims mostly silent, but a single hospital saw a spike of 16 expectant teenagers, and the trend is thought to be fairly widespread. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • rape  • torture  • teen pregnancy  • Movement for Democratic Change  • MDC  • militia  • parliament

  • May 2008

    • US Victims of Attacks in Israel Sue Swiss Bank

      Reuters  |  May 13, 08 8:47 AM CDT

      US Victims of Attacks in Israel Sue Swiss Bank

      (Newser) - American victims of attacks in Israel are suing Switzerland's biggest bank for helping fund militants by providing money to Iran, Reuters reports. The lawsuit says UBS AG gave loans to Iran even though it supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. The plaintiffs seek $500 million in damages for some 50 US citizens who were hurt or whose relatives were killed in attacks between 1997 and 2006. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Hamas  • bank  • Hezbollah  • Switzerland  • UBS  • Islamic Jihad  • militia

  • March 2008

    • Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      BBC  |  Mar 5, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      (Newser) - Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki thugs allegedly used machetes to attack non-Kikuyu in the Rift Valley. More »

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      Kenya  • Human Rights Watch  • Kikuyu  • ethnic violence  • militia  • Mungiki

  • August 2007

    • Shiite Factions Fight Amid Pilgrims in Karbala

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 29, 07 7:14 AM CDT

      Shiite Factions Fight Amid Pilgrims in Karbala

      (Newser) - A million pilgrims were ordered to evacuate the holy city of Karbala yesterday as Shiite militias fought each other for control of southern Iraq, killing 51 people. Another 200 were injured in chaos after gunmen loyal to anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fired on members of the Badr Organization, the armed faction of the Supreme Islamic Council. Snipers also fired on security forces, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • civil war  • militia  • Karbala

    • Iraq Electric Grid Seized by Militias

      New York Times  |  Aug 23, 07 11:31 AM CDT

      Iraq Electric Grid Seized by Militias

      (Newser) - Large swaths of Iraq's power grid have fallen under the control of armed militias, the New York Times reports. The balkanization of power stations worsens an already fragile situation in which insurgents blow up power lines and leave Baghdad without power at the height of a 110-degree summer. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • electricity  • militia  • power grid

    • Italian Cops Bust Secret Iraqi Arms Deal

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 12, 07 11:51 PM CDT

      Italian Cops Bust Secret Iraqi Arms Deal

      (Newser) - A secret transaction providing the Iraqi government with over $40 million worth of weapons was uncovered by Italian police investigating local Mafiosi, the Guardian reports. Without the knowledge of American military commanders, the Iraqi interior ministry had ordered 105,000 rifles from arms traffickers, ostensibly to supply police. Italian police halted the transaction and arrested four people. More »

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      Italy  • gun  • Iraq government  • Mafia  • weapon  • Shia  • arms deal  • militia  • arms trafficking

  • July 2007

    • Iran Talks Raise Tension, But Not Consensus

      New York Times  |  Jul 24, 07 6:09 PM CDT

      Iran Talks Raise Tension, But Not Consensus

      (Newser) - The United States and Iran began their first day of diplomatic talks on Iraq today, but the Times reports that the summit is still tangled over US allegation that Iran is funding armed militias inside Iraq. Iran vehemently denied the charge today; an American official who attending the meeting said little progress was made. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • United States  • diplomacy  • militia

  • May 2007

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