China s Resurgent Warlords

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They are intimidated by warlords, by terrorists, by criminals.

They are intimidated by warlords, by terrorists, by criminals.

The shogunate's policy toward the warlords is completely beyond me.

And those warlords continue to live and move freely among us.

The duplicity of some warlords constitutes a permanent threat of destabilization.

Several members of the newly elected parliament are known warlords with bloody records.

Warlords and their followers threatened independent women candidates with violence and even assassination.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people huddle in camps in Somalia, where warlords rule.

The warlords of al Shabaab are not the only threat to the region s security.

But he turned away with his warlords , and said , A sorcerer or a madman .

But he turned away with his warlords , and said , A sorcerer or a madman .

Victims of physical abuse, children also have to endure the beastly fantasies of warlords.

These conflicts also create lucrative opportunities for arms dealers and international supporters of warlords.

Most Afghans will then be ruled again by tribal leaders, Islamists, drug barons, and warlords.

They mobilize armies, organize political factions, combat warlords, or try to grapple with religious extremism.

The warlords have tightened their grip on the civilian population and have organized a business.

It could create a landscape of rival warlords undermining rule of law and civil society.

With even greater frequency, civilian populations are becoming the hostages and primary targets of fighting warlords.

Trapped in barren land where survival was difficult, the overwhelming forces of Muslim warlords wiped them out.

The opposition includes businessmen, warlords, organizations such as Al Itihad Al Islaami and dissident ministers of TFG.

In response to traffickers and warlords involved in drug trafficking, vigorous enforcement of existing laws was essential.

Today, the warlords aspire to rule the skies without having resolved many of the problems on Earth.

The country s parliament is packed with warlords, the drug trade is thriving, and violence is on the rise.

Diamond companies volunteer not to buy from conflict areas in an attempt to prevent diamonds from funding warlords.

Even as we hold this general debate, members of peace keeping forces are dying in clashes with warlords.

After the early 20th century revolutions, shifting alliances of China's regional warlords waged war for control of the Beijing government.

Independent female candidates often lacked the money and support necessary for campaigning, unlike those supported by warlords and political parties.

Here and there warlords are stirring up tension, bringing tragedy to innocent victims in particular, the elderly, women and children.

There will be other stories, stories of the disappeared and of current warlords turned politicians, of the fallen and the survivors.

Advanced notice is given to all warlords and faction leaders who control the road blocks and check points along the route.

The rebel leaders made themselves warlords, indifferent to the plight of their own people and the blood they continue to shed.

Instead of being directly owned, peasants farmed land that they could retain as long as they paid off the local warlords.

He also disputed the use of the term warlords to designate persons who had taken part in the signing of the Bonn Agreement, as well as the accusation that Coalition forces had allegedly imparted legitimacy to those warlords by inviting them to be part of the new Government.

It would show that indicted warlords and dictators can avoid justice by holding the Security Council hostage to threats of more violence.

In many conflict situations local warlords plunder entire regions and use their power to trade in weapons, drugs and local primary resources.

I urge the international community to support the rule of law, not the rule of individuals, warlords or fundamentalists in my country.

The warlords also threatened women voters to keep them from participating in the political process, to stop them from choosing their future leaders.

We express the belief that, despite the provocation, a distinction must continue to be made between the Somali people, the warlords and gunmen.

And to the extent UNOSOM succeeded in substantially disarming the warlords, they could not look forward to playing their trump after UNOSOM departed.

Drug barons and local warlords control increasingly large swaths of territory from Guinea on the Atlantic coast through Senegal to Mali, Niger, and beyond.

Libya is already partitioned among rival warlords, with a national government that operates only at the indulgence of the armed groups that support it.

Moreover, the looming threat of complete lawlessness and anarchy draws nearer, particularly in western Darfur, as warlords, bandits and militia groups grow more aggressive.

Simultaneously, new transshipment routes (via Ecuador in the Pacific and Venezuela in the Atlantic) have developed, while drug barons, coca growers, and warlords have proliferated.