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Death squad

A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings, massacres, or enforced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or revolutionary terror. Except in rare cases in which they are formed by an insurgency, domestic or foreign governments actively participate in, support, or…

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related to Cold War usage · 32
Death squad → Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, American, Archbishop, Argentina, Brazil, Carter, Central America, Chile, Communists, Death, Dirty War, Dorothy Kazel, During, Esquadrão, Father Rutilio Grande, For, In December, In Latin America, Ita Ford, Jean Donovan
related to Further reading · 27
Death squad → Archived, Arthur Brenner, Assam, Blue Hills Mrinal Talukdar, Dale, David Mason, Death, International Studies Quarterly, Jeffrey Sluka, Kaushik Deka, Krane, Land, Murder, Nanda Talukdar Foundation, October, Palgrave Macmillan, Pennsylvania Press, Pluto Press, Red River, South Asia
related to history · 11
Death squad → Algiers, Although, Battle, Central, Iron Guard, It, Kingdom, Paul Aussaresses, Romania, South America, The
related to External links · 9
Death squad → Astonishing Discovery, Death Squads, Escadrons, French, French School, Guatemalan Death Squad Diary, Remains, Spanish, Victims
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Death squad → As, Chechnya
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Death squad → armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings

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Death squadis aarmed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings0.90text
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the Jeju Massacreinstance of000 people.Saudi ArabiaSouth KoreaNews reports on the use of death squads in Korea originated around the middle of the 20th century0.80text
Daejeoninstance of000 people.Saudi ArabiaSouth KoreaNews reports on the use of death squads in Korea originated around the middle of the 20th century0.80text
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the Jeju Massacreinstance ofSaudi Arabia South KoreaNews reports on the use of death squads in Korea originated around the middle of the 20th century0.80text
Daejeoninstance ofSaudi Arabia South KoreaNews reports on the use of death squads in Korea originated around the middle of the 20th century0.80text
Death squadrelated to Cold War usageIn Latin America0.60section
Death squadrelated to Cold War usageBrazil0.60section
Death squadrelated to Cold War usageEsquadrão0.60section
Death squadrelated to Cold War usageMorte0.60section

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