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• n  a militant aggressiveness

• Muslims are fighting back -- not just against the West but also against the militancy in their midst.
• According to Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book on Islamic militancy in the southern Philippines, if Abu Sayyaf successfully becomes the main Islamic radical group in the .
• No wonder she railed, "The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood.

• combativeness
• militance

News & Articles

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• Zardari: Militancy and Terrorism are Greatest Threat to Pakistan
  Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated Monday that militancy and terrorism pose “the greatest threat” to his country, but he also criticized U.S. drone strikes against al-Qaida and its allies as a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. The remarks followed a militant attack on trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces that killed at least four people. Addressing a joint session of ...
  June 10, 2013 - Voice of America
• Pakistan president to new leaders: Stop militancy
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's president, in what will likely be his last major speech to parliament, urged the new government on Monday to keep up the fight against militancy, one of the many problems facing the country.
  June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• ISI trying to revive Sikh militancy: Shinde
  NEW DELHI: India today blamed Pakistan for trying to revive Sikh militancy and said youth are being trained in ISI facilities to carry out terror attacks in the country.
  June 6, 2013 - INDOlink

Quotes

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• Pervez Musharraf in Sydney Morning Herald
  The wave of terrorism and militancy has been stopped under the emergency and there has been considerable improvement in overall situation,Musharraf said in an address to the nation Saturday.
• James Cromwell in KNBC.com
  Under the circumstances, with this town having just gone through a writers strike, militancy is useless,Cromwell said by phone from Shreveport, La., where he is co-starring as George HW Bush in Oliver Stone's "W."
• Benazir Bhutto in FOXNews
  If the militancy spreads and if, God forbid, the country disintegrates, it would become another Afghanistan,Bhutto said.