#insurgents

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The armoury of the nobleman Uboldo invaded by Milanese insurgents to obtain weapons on 19 March 1848

by Carlo Bossoli

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6 main insurgents of the 1904 Marguaritte insurrection, modern-day Aïn Torki, Algeria

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1904 to Blaye, France

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Art by NO! inc.

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Shays Rebellion of 1786, the 1st American Insurrection

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Shays Rebellion storms courthouses in Massachusetts Shays Rebellion of 1786 was a series of violent attacks by rural landowners on county courthouses and armories in Massachusetts.  It led to a full-blown military confrontation with the state militia in the winter of 1787. The angry rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers, now mostly farmers. They opposed the state’s tax and debt…

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How Nigerian soldiers massacred children fathered by insurgents - Report

How Nigerian soldiers massacred children fathered by insurgents – Report

A week after accusing Nigerian military of forcing illegal abortion on victims of insurgency in the north east, Reuters has again accused the army of killing children fathered by insurgents. In a report published on Monday, Reuters reported that top army commanders allegedly ordered soldiers to “delete” children born to insurgents. According to the report, the directive was issued “because the…

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Resolute Mining Settles $160 Million Dispute with Mali's Military Government

Resolute Mining Reaches $160 Million Settlement with Mali’s Military Government An Australian mining company, Resolute Mining, has announced its decision to pay the military government of Mali a sum of $160 million. This financial agreement follows the detention of three of its executives for more than a week amidst a tax dispute with local authorities. The company’s chief executive, Terence…

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Another lesser known British Campaign during the Cold War Period: Aden 1963-1967

The Aden Emergency was against communist insurgents, the National Liberation Front For the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) and the National Liberation Front who were supported by the Soviet Union and the United Arab Republic. During the campaign 92 British military personnel were killed and 510 wounded. The conflict then developed in the mountainous Radfan region where dissident local…

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“60 INSURGENTS ELECTROCUTED,” Owen Sound Sun Times. November 3, 1932. Page 7. ---- Electrically Charged Wire Strung for Defense Purposes Effective --- (Associated Press Despatch) MUKDEN, Manchuria - Nov. 3 - Sixty insurgent soldiers were killed today by electrically charged wire used as part of the defence of the Penghuangcheng station on the Mukden-Antung railway, the Rengo (Japanese) News agency reported from Antung. 

The mass electrocution occurred during an insurgent attack on the garrison maintained by the Japanese and Manchukuo troops.

After a three-hour fight Japanese reinforcements routed the attackers, of whom  30 more were killed in action.

[AL: Any barbarity in the name of so-called civilization.]

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Terrorists Now Training Their Own Children As Insurgents- Army General

Terrorists Now Training Their Own Children As Insurgents- Army General

Christopher Musa, theatre commander of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), says about 83,000 Boko Haram members have so far surrendered to the troops of the Nigerian army. Speaking on Friday during a visit to Mai Mala Buni, Yobe governor, Musa said the surrendered terrorists are currently undergoing rehabilitation at various facilities. The theatre commander said 41,000 of the surrendered terrorists are…

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REVIEW

Amok by Barry Eisler

A Dox Thriller

 Dark, gritty, and grim story that had me thinking all too much about the wars I have been too close to, the stories I have heard, and the stories I could tell. Wars, occupations, what happens during them, and the impact they have are difficult to experience and hear about…reading about them is not easy but someone should tell these stories. At times I thought of reading ‘The Ugly American’ that was required for a class. So many of the situations Dox experienced and that Isobel recorded are all too real…so I would caution any of you that might be triggered by violence, rape, murder, war, death, and such…it happens in this book.

 What I liked:

* Getting to know more about Indonesia and its history – have a friend living there and understand her situation better than I did before.

* Dox: born Carl Williams, brother, son, Texan, Marine sniper, contract soldier, difficult childhood, conflicted at times, intelligent, quick, lethal, grew a lot in this story

* Isobel: physician, dedicated to her country and its people, wishes for peace, willing to do what she must to help, at risk, takes risks, strong part of the story

* Learning a bit about Carl’s childhood and how it impacted him before joining the Marines, in the military, and perhaps later

* The writing, plot, pacing, and unflinching look given to a situation many may not know much about

* The comments and links at the end of the book related to each of the chapters

* That I dd not give up on the story even when I was uncomfortable and it hit too closer to personal memories – glad I persevered, read, learned, and grew, too.

* Believing that this is the first book in a series and wanting to know what will happen next in Carl’s life

 What I didn’t like:

* Thinking about war and occupation and the atrocities-collateral damage that too often occurs

* Knowing that there are people like Joko and his gang that get way too much pleasure from what they do

* Still on the fence about Roy, Carl’s father, and if he is redeemable or not…really did not like him and am still not sure I do.

 Did I enjoy this book? It was an emotionally difficult story for me to read but I am glad I read it

Would I read more in this series? Yes

 Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review.

 4-5 Stars

     BLURB

 When the government offers a twenty-four-year-old former Marine a five-figure payday, there’s only one question: Who does he have to kill? 1990. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahedeen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family’s troubles. But secret wars are never what they’re billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life. Among the lessons—the only thing more dangerous than war is falling in love with your enemy.

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they should set their differences aside and work together. imagine the horrors they could create

[byuniart]

Commission for Animal Mercs More support for their game being developed.

[zvaigzdelasas]

Also always funny when someone tries to #pwn leftists by citing AlJazeera on contexts outside of palestine. Like yeah it is in fact Qatari state propaganda not some unbiased source of truth, sometimes the Qatari state's interests actually do lay in telling the truth tho. Sometimes they don't.

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You: "What's your favorite video game genre?" Me: "Furry." You: "What?" Me:

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Covers for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising. Art by Phil Noto.