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• n  a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
• a  of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit

• Members of the right-wing paramilitary group United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), photographed in 2004.
• The Basij, or Basijis the paramilitary volunteer force developed by the Islamic republic to protect the Islamic revolution from civil disturbances like the kind that have .
• A PTI cover story about the The CIA's Secret Army -- Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its paramilitary operations.

• paramilitary force
• paramilitary unit
• paramilitary organization
• paramilitary organisation

News & Articles

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• Defense official: Shooting breaks out near paramilitary base in Niger; gunmen not known
  NIAMEY, Niger — Shooting erupted late Tuesday near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of defense said. Nearby residents who were contacted by telephone said they were hunkered down, and a battle appeared to be in progress.
  June 12, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Official: Shooting breaks out near Niger base
  Shooting erupted late Tuesday near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of defense said. Nearby residents who were contacted by telephone said they were hunkered down, and a battle appeared to be in progress.
  June 12, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Venezuela claims assassination plot
  Venezuela has thwarted a plan by two paramilitary groups to kill President Nicolas Maduro, state-run VTV reported Monday.
  June 11, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in New York Times
  Well, we know that the Quds Force is involved,Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at a Pentagon briefing, alluding to a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. "We know that the Quds Force is a paramilitary arm of the IRGC We...
• Condoleezza Rice in Aljazeera.net
  With the signing of this accord, all Russian troops, and any paramilitary and irregular troops that entered with them must leave immediately,Rice said.