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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
 PARTISAN ACTIONS
Partisan membership grew from some 20,000 in May of 1944 to 200,000 by April of 1945.
By April 21, 1945, the partisans attacked in an organized sweep, and took control of all towns and cities not yet reached by the Allies.
Over 35,000 Partisans died by the time Italy was liberated in the spring of 1945.
www.comandosupremo.com /Partisan.html   (1163 words)

  
 The Structure of The Military Bureau
The Military Bureau is considered to be the highest level part in the military organization of the Iraqi regime and one of the most important unit in the state structure because it deals with the security, military, and partisan matters.
The M.B. is responsible as we mentioned before directly to the organizations of the army politically, economically, partisan, security, and military affairs and has the right to inanimate the commander officers to the sensitive and leading positions such as corps,divisions, and brigade commanders ……etc.
The main duty of this Bureau is feeding all the military units with the Baath party ideas.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/1998/military-bureau.htm   (1163 words)

  
 Romania
Romania has participated in all NATO political and military initiatives in South East Europe, and has coordinated a large number of projects in the area of security, diplomacy and internal affairs within the Stability Pact.
Romania’s foreign and security policy has evolved in a bi-partisan or, more precisely, a pluri-partisan pattern wherein basic international arrangements and commitments remained the same irrespective of the different governments’ political color.
In accordance with the new force structure plans (Objective Force 2003-2007), the military structures will be organized on Active and Territorial Forces with an overall strength of about 90,000 (75,000 military and 15,000 civilians) and a level of professionalization of 90% for the active component.
www.roembus.org /english/journal/armata/romanian_digest_06-02.htm   (2047 words)

  
 Fight the ReichWing: 2003-11-16
The wall between objective journalism and partisan politicking at Fox News fell last week when it became clear that Fox News staff contributed to the orchestration of the Republican-led 39-hour Senate talk-a-thon intended to counter the Democrat filibuster against four of President Bush’s most radically conservative judicial nominees.
I am talking now about that quasi-official partisan press ideologically linked to an authoritarian administration that in turn is the ally and agent of the most powerful interests in the world.
In Cobbett’s day you could flaunt your partisan banners as you cut and thrust, and not inflict serious damage on open public discussion because there were plenty of competitors.
evilorstupid.blogspot.com /2003_11_16_evilorstupid_archive.html   (2047 words)

  
 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions-SCV
The Stars and Bars was actually the First National Flag of the Confederacy, where as the "Southern Cross" is actually the Confederate battle flag, a military flag.
Many of the Southern leaders were trained and educated by the United States Military Academy.
This is our Southern heritage, history and culture which is threatened by some who wish to deny us our rights.
www.scv674.org /scvfaq.htm   (2047 words)

  
 partisan
of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.:
www.infoplease.com /dictionary/partisan   (119 words)

  
 Partisan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Partisans (jazz group) are a jazz group consisting of Julian Siegel (saxophone), Phil Robson (guitar), Gene Calderazzo (drums), Thaddeus Kelly (bass)
Someone with a personal or professional commitment to one particular party, faction, cause, or person; observers may describe such partisans as "being partisan", and their outlook as "partisan views".
The Partisans (band) are a punk rock band that started performing in the late 70s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partisan   (119 words)

  
 Partisan Press Partisan Game Partisan Review Partisanship
Partisan Partisan may refer to: A member of a lightly-equipped irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation.
Partisan game In combinatorial game theory, a game is partisan or partizan if it is not impartial.
Partisan Defense Committee The Partisan Defense Committee describes itself as a "a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization that champions cases and causes in the interests of the whole of the working people.
www.masterliness.com /a/Partisan.Press.htm   (119 words)

  
 index-Truth.html
The fanaticism and nationalistic madness of the Banderovtsy, Bulbovtsy and other Ukrainian nationalist gangs reached depths that appeared incredible even to Soviet[, Polish], and Jewish partisans, whose ability to be horrified by what man could do to man was blunted by their daily experiences of the Nazi New Order.
Within a couple of weeks Fyodorov turned that part of Volyn into partisan territory where Germans had lost all control and began his systematic campaign against the railway network at a time when the Kursk battle was reaching its climax.
"It was then that [Soviet partisan leader] Aleksei Fyodorov-Chernigovskiy arrived with his brigade group from the Chernigov region in the area where Brinskiy's brigade was operating.
wolnapolska.boom.ru /index-Truth.html   (119 words)

  
 Partisan
Someone with a personal or professional commitment to one particular party, faction, cause, or person; such a partisan may also be described as being partisan, and their outlook as partisan views.
In the context of warfare, a member of an lightly equipped irregular military force, formed to oppose a foreign invading army or army of occupation by limited combat, with the prime purpose of their ejection.
Examples of major significant Partisan forces in World War Two were in Russia, Italy and Yugoslavia.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/partisan.html   (119 words)

  
 In the Forest
On July 14, 1943, the Supreme Military Command in Moscow issued an order to all partisan units behind enemy lines to begin a coordinated assault against rail lines, focusing on the region around Orel and Bryansk, where a Soviet offensive was soon to begin.
Partisan ranks swelled to over a half million people by late 1943, concentrated in the Belorussian forests near the Polish border, but strong as well in Ukraine and in enemy-held Russian territory.
Partisans had food, medical aid, and heavy weapons such as mortars and even artillery.
www.soviethistory.org /index.php?action=L2&SubjectID=1943partisans&Year=1943   (119 words)

  
 Scoop: An Investigation into the CIA’s 'Black Budget'
While the military leadership of the DoD is outside the partisan political arena, this is not the case for the appointment of the civilians who take on key positions as Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and Undersecretaries of the different military services in the DoD with each new administration.
This meant that an organization based on the wartime model of a relatively small organization that conducted covert operations (the OSS) would be formally responsible for all US intelligence activities both military and civilian.
The various military intelligence agencies in turn hire private contractors and/or provide the necessary military resources for these covert programs to be conducted in national laboratories, military bases, private corporations or other classified locations.
www.scoop.co.nz /mason/stories/HL0401/S00151.htm   (119 words)

  
 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization III > Civ3-Stories > Yupo Frag and The Barn Burner versus Farmer John
But the spirit of Yupo Frag lives on, and now all new elite partisan units, all 2 of them, are allowed to join the Yupo Frag brigade and are given corresponding company names.
Tito is the supreme military commander of Russian forces.
Yupo Frag, a veteran of fights at Franfurt, Hanover and now Denmark are putting notch after notch into the woodstocks of their muskets.
apolyton.net /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114754   (8811 words)

  
 Summons to the 4th Extraordinary Congress of peasant, worker and partisan delegates
In the event that the military revolutionary council is not sufficiently numerous, delegates will have to be issued with provisions and money on the spot.
Which is why the executive committee of the Gulyai-Polye regional military revolutionary committee has decided to summon an extra-ordinary congress in Gulyai-Polye on June 15.
Report from the executive committee of the military revolutionary committee and delegates' reports.
www.nestormakhno.info /english/summons.htm   (8811 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Military Endorsements -- September 25, 2000
And I think it puts the uniformed military of today, those that are on active duty, that puts a bigger burden on them and an unfair burden on them, I think, as they go about their day-to-day business of leading the young men and women of the armed forces.
And you've got a great difference between the American military and the perception and degree of confidence the American people have on the American military -- have for the American military versus the politicians.
And too often many of these political issues have been made partisan by politicians.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/july-dec00/military_9-25.html   (1581 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - Our Depleted Society, by Seymour Melman
...As HIS previous writings document, Seymour Melman is no partisan of the military path to prosperity...
...If military expenditure has really weakened the American economy, what should the condition be of a Russian economy which has been devoting twice as large a percentage of its GNP to defense and space...
...Melman is convinced that military and space programs have drained the civilian sector of the first-class talents that once made America the competitive star of the world...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V41I1P82-1.htm   (1581 words)

  
 History News Network
Making partisan charges in order to paint your opponent a political hack may often be successful, but is suffers from the same petty tactics so many in Washington like to accuse the other side of doing.
What has become more incomprehensible as time passes is the morphing of Clarke into a partisan weapon for the Kerry campaign by implications of blame.
Clarke’s statements about Bush (much of which has been verified by others) is going to be used as a partisan weapon, as is any statement about any candidate.
hnn.us /readcomment.php?id=32602   (1581 words)

  
 SWRPGNetwork Submissions - HardTek PB-9 Personal Defense Weapon
HardTek developed the PB-9 after assessing the needs of various military and paramilitary personnel who needed a smaller and more maneuverable weapon than the blaster carbine.
The PB-9 is a small personal defense weapon that consists of the plasma chamber designed for a blaster pistol mated with the frame of a compact shoulder weapon.
Because of its relative small size it is a perfect weapon for close quarters combat where a longer weapon would be difficult to manage.
submissions.swrpgnetwork.com /entry.php?s=&id=1505   (1581 words)

  
 Partisan related search
The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944 : A Critical Historiographical Analysis (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 4)
The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army : Memoirs of General Adam R. Johnson
Modified text orginally written by Oliver Wendell Holmes
ninestand.tripod.com /partisan.html   (1581 words)

  
 Books : The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 4)
Books : The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 4)
www.romeojuliet.com /books/default/item_id/0714644285/search_type/AsinSearch/locale/us.html   (1581 words)

  
 Military dictatorship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military regimes tend to portray themselves as non-partisan, as a "neutral" party that can provide interim leadership in times of turmoil, and also tend to portray civilian politicians as corrupt and ineffective.
Military dictatorships can be contrasted with other forms of dictatorship.
dictatorships, a military dictatorship may be official or unofficial, and as a result may not actually qualify as stratocratic (some military dictators, like Manuel Noriega, are nominally subordinate to the civil government).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_dictatorship   (1581 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Communist Partisan and royalist Chetnik rebels, aided by Britain and the US, fought the Ustasha and Nazi troops, though they also fought among themselves.
Yugoslavia's unraveling was hastened by the rise of nationalism: Bosniaks led by Alija Izetbegović, Serbs led by Slobodan Milošević and Croats led by Franjo Tuđman.
The Bosnian Serbs who were largely against independence in favor of what would soon become the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) mostly boycotted it, because of its unconstitutionality as the Serb delegates in parliament did not approve it.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina   (1581 words)

  
 CNN.com - Australia offers military support to U.S. - September 13, 2001
Australia and the U.S. this year marked the 50th anniversary of their close military alliance embodied in the ANZUS treaty.
Australia provided naval support and more than 1,800 military personnel to the allied forces which fought the Gulf War in 1991.
The pledge of assistance received bi-partisan political support in Australia, with Opposition leader Kim Beazley saying the terrorist attacks were acts of war.
edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/12/aust.howard.support   (577 words)

  
 v02.n189
IBM >even sold a computer directly to a Russian nuclear weapons lab >and then claimed in Court they did not known the end user was >military.
PAP has worked hard over the years to clarify the critical role played by real partisans in defeating Hitler's hordes, and we can assure you that we searched our archives and queried survivors of The Big One (not including Monica...
The GAO wrote "Except for nuclear weapons, the executive >branch has not completed an assessment of the national security >risks of exporting HPCS (High Performance Computers)".
www.xmission.com /pub/lists/roc/archive/v02.n189   (577 words)

  
 Abebooks Search Results - Soviet Partisan Movement 1941 1944
Scattered partisan bands soon began operations against the German occupiers, quickly growing into a major military force.
Abebooks Search Results - Soviet Partisan Movement 1941 1944
Prepared by Edgar M. Howell, this study analyzes the Soviet use of partisans both for political purposes and in strategic operations.
www.abetitles1.com /Title/2563309/Soviet+Partisan+Movement+1941+1944.html   (577 words)

  
 List of Publications
Hill, A. (2002) 'The Soviet Partisan Movement in North-West Russia 1941-1944: A re-assessment', Journal of Strategic Studies.
Hill, A. (2003) 'The Birth of the Soviet Northern Fleet 1937-1942', Journal of Slavic Military Studies.
Hill, A. (2000) 'Recent Literature on the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 1941-1945', Contemporary European History.
www.historical-studies.ncl.ac.uk /research/publications/index.htm   (577 words)

  
 Welcome to MichaelMoore.com!
The power of the press has historically been enlisted to support and excuse rulers whose monetary or military might makes them "right" in all matters of public discourse.
Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system
AAN is a diverse group of 122 non-daily free-circulation papers that are distributed in all of the major metropolitan areas of North America.
www.michaelmoore.com /links/index.php?linkType=Alternative%20Media   (6298 words)

  
 The Namibian Local News Army must be non-partisan
has been warned against a partisan defence force to avoid a scenario similar to Burundi and Rwanda where the military authorities have been subjected to party political interests.
He said the heart of the Great Lakes armed conflict emanated from their partisan defence forces.
Co-ordinator of the Southern African Defence and Security Management Network in Namibia, Professor Andre Du Pisani, told The Namibian that the defence force should maintain a non-partisan role.
www.namibian.com.na /2001/May/news/01F1A8AB4C.html   (314 words)

  
 NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and into the early 1990s, Cambodia was plagued by the existence of fractionalized partisan military formations that aggravated political rivalries, and by soldiers who tried to seize political power.
Successful military reform will require the engagement and cooperation of all sectors of society: the military itself, government, and civil society.
Participants numbered over 350 and represented a broad range of actors in Cambodian society, including: members of the national assembly and the senate, government officials, military officials, representatives of civil society and NGOs, students, Buddhist monks and nuns, military police officials, diplomats, police officials, and journalists.
www.ndi.org /globalp/civmil/programscm/cambodia/cambodia_202_pf.asp   (427 words)

  
 VDARE.com: SALUTE-ing Mexico’s Proliferating Military Incursions, by Jon E. Dougherty
The incidence of foreign military invading U.S. soil is not a partisan problem, it is an American leadership problem.
In other words, the level of foreign military activity along portions of the U.S. border is so frequent a special reporting system had to be adopted to keep track of them.
Another regular occurrence that is hard to fathom by anyone who hasn't seen it firsthand is the fact that Mexican military units and some police have also been spotted by USBP agents and American civilians funneling groups of illegal aliens northward into the United States.
www.vdare.com /misc/dougherty_invasion.htm   (694 words)

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