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Armed militants in Oregon claim that the federal government has no legal authority to own western lands

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Gun violence is common in parts of Nigeria's oil - producing Niger Delta region, where various militant groups take up arms against multinational companies to demand a share of oil proceeds.

«Are you aware of the number of militants they [South Africans] had trained, what if they trained these militants in badges (sic), can we link the increase (sic) rate in arm (sic) robbery to this training offered by mercenaries, can we link the recent cases of contract killings to the training; are there young people in the country already trained by these men and what are they actually doing with the skills acquired.»

And in June 2011, a heavily armed al - Qaeda attack on the Mukalla prison freed at least 40 militants who were held there.

The late President granted the militants amnesty in 2010 where the latter surrendered their arms to the Federal Government.

The militants were led by Ogailo Iborry Young (aka O.C) to the Collection and Documentation of Arms Centre in Ajapa community in Ese - Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

It read, «Following consistent successful operation against militants and criminals by Operation DELTA SAFE, available information from Sector 4 in Cross River State indicates that Bakassi Strike Force militants, led by one Mr Benjamin Ene has expressed unreserved willingness to lay down arms and have contacted the Department of State Service in Cross River State through the State Government's appointed rapporteur on amnesty to signify their readiness to hold talks on amnesty with the relevant authorities.

My concerns as a Northern Muslim is how come Fulani people have now taken over the job of kidnapping which prior to the arrival of President Buhari's administration was common with militants in the Niger Delta and occasionally armed robbers in the South - East and South - West?

«(IRBIL, Iraq — The stage was set Friday for a major sectarian confrontation in Iraq after the government and the country's most powerful Shiite cleric implored civilians to take up arms against Sunni militants — a move that would partially plug the ranks of the decimated security forces with religiously motivated volunteers.

Imohe raised alarm that Nigeria is awash with SALW and said that the implementation of the Amnesty programme was poorly carried out in that the militants might have returned knocked out weapons in exchange for funds with which some might have likely used to purchase more sophisticated arms.

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has expressed delight with the rate militants in the state have been surrendering their arms following the amnesty granted them by the state government.

Speaking on behalf of the governor, the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, who toured two of the arms collection points in Igbokoda and Igbekebo in the Ilaje and Ese Odo local government areas of the state, commended the militants for surrendering their weapons.

Armed Forces on alert over militancy in Niger Delta — CDS Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, has said that troops have been placed on high alert to combat any militant attack in the Niger Delta especially on oil and gas platforms.

FORMER militant leader, Chief Ateke Tom, has denied coming in contact with one Zakeri Isiaka, who was recently arrested by the police for armed robbery.

The president however called on members of Boko Haram to lay down their arms and embrace dialogue so that government would extend an olive branch similar to what it did to the militants in the Niger Delta region of the country.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

January 28, 2016 • Ammon Bundy is asking the remaining armed militants occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to stand down and return home to their families.

January 6, 2016 • Armed militants occupying a natural refuge in a remote part of Oregon say they will stay until the land is under local control.

Armed militants occupying the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service refuge in Burns, Ore., say they're protesting the federal government and how its Bureau of Land Management treats Western ranchers.

January 9, 2016 • There's growing concern among former federal land managers that the government's inaction against one Nevada rancher is helping the cause of armed anti-government militants elsewhere in the West.

January 15, 2016 • In Oregon, the armed militants that took over a federal wildlife refuge almost two weeks ago had planned a public meeting Friday evening to address the community's concerns and apparently outline their exit strategy.

In Elektra KB's solo exhibition at BravinLee programs and Mario Pfeifer's collaboration with rappers Flatbush ZOMBIES at the Goethe Institut, artists literally take up arms in increasingly militant performances of «otherness»In Elektra KB's solo exhibition at BravinLee programs and Mario Pfeifer's collaboration with rappers Flatbush ZOMBIES at the Goethe Institut, artists literally take up arms in increasingly militant performances of «otherness»in increasingly militant performances of «otherness».