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Twenty-seven civilians were killed in the attack, and over 106 were wounded. [183] Clashes on 1 June broke out around the Taiba camp in southern Khartoum, which pro-RSF social media accounts referred to as "the battle of the Onion." [184] The Taiba camp was originally a major RSF base, but was vacated in the early days of the war.
During the initial phase of the Troubles (1969-1972), the Provisional IRA was poorly equipped and primarily used weapons from World War II.Beginning in the 1970s, the Provisional IRA began importing modern weapons from the United States, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and arms dealers in mainland Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
Bruno Plácido, a well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group, was shot to death Tuesday in southern Mexico, eliminating one of the last true chiefs of the country's armed vigiliante ...
Disarmament means the physical removal of the means of combat from ex-belligerents (weapons, ammunition, etc.). Demobilization means the disbanding of armed groups. Reintegration means the process of reintegrating former combatants into civilian society, reducing the number of people immediately ready to engage in armed combat.
Killed in a duel after his pistol failed to fire. 1865 Washington, D.C., United States: President Abraham Lincoln: John Wilkes Booth.44 calibre muzzleloading derringer by Henry Deringer: 1868 Ottawa, Canada: Thomas D'Arcy McGee: MP Patrick J. Whelan.32 rimfire Smith & Wesson Army revolver [7] [8] 1880 Toronto, Canada: George Brown, Premier of ...
The May 3, 2023, strike in northwest Syria was supposed to target a senior al Qaeda leader but instead struck a civilian named Lufti Hasan Masto, the statement said, adding that the investigation ...
The full extract from Prince Harry's memoir Spare, in which he details his controversial "kill count" of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, can be published for the first time by Yahoo.. The Duke of ...
In 2006, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) attempted to disarm the secular warlords—a contentious issue which led to the Second Battle of Mogadishu.The Islamist victory resulted in the routing or forced surrender of many warlords and their caches of arms, and the rapid rise of the Islamic Courts Union. [3]