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Their ignorance makes these militiamen quite ineffective at halting their own intelligence breaches.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
In response to the U.S.’s moves in August, Maduro announced a plan to mobilize more than 4.5 million militiamen and provide them with weapons to defend Venezuela.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2011, when the Syrian civil war started, Soleimani was instrumental in organizing Syrian defenses and marshaling an auxiliary force of approximately 70,000 militiamen that rescued President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The final man, in a last-second protective reflex, bows his head and crosses his hands over it, but bullets send him flying backward, and the other militiamen join in, firing repeatedly at the dead bodies.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
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Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
In response to the U.S.’s moves in August, Maduro announced a plan to mobilize more than 4.5 million militiamen and provide them with weapons to defend Venezuela.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2011, when the Syrian civil war started, Soleimani was instrumental in organizing Syrian defenses and marshaling an auxiliary force of approximately 70,000 militiamen that rescued President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The final man, in a last-second protective reflex, bows his head and crosses his hands over it, but bullets send him flying backward, and the other militiamen join in, firing repeatedly at the dead bodies.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militiaman. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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