Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
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Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
There was relative peace for 11 years, until a second civil war erupted in 1983, when leaders in Khartoum imposed sharia (Islamic) law and accelerated repression of the southern Christian rebels, which ultimately allowed a ruthless military officer, Omar al-Bashir, to come to power in 1989.
Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long seen clashes between security forces, insurgents and drug smugglers.
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Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Nine American soldiers died and 27 others were injured while fighting a battle against 200 Taliban insurgents in the village of Wanat in Afghanistan’s Waygal Valley.
Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Both then and now, targeting revolutionaries like Dessalines has supported that goal.
The majority of speakers at Tuesday’s board meeting urged the board not to allow online agitators to dictate personnel decisions.
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Ciara McCarthy
June 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
In recent years, agitators have fueled anti-immigration street violence following crimes committed by, or falsely reported to have been committed by, immigrants.
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