During the war, judges and prosecutors often took bribes, including from those representing accused guerrillas.
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As explained above, the guerrillas had to enforce ever more drastic measures in attempting to keep civilians under their control and prevent them from fleeing.
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While the accusation of treason often came from guerrillas themselves, the witchcraft cases were often brought before guerrillas by civilians.
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The guerrillas' rise to power within the movement was only complete in 1920, however, and was still contested thereafter.
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Throughout the revolution, then, the guerrillas were disproportionately skilled, trained, and urban.
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Here, 22 per cent of a sample of 588 guerrillas were brothers living together.
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Perhaps prior exposure to cultural nationalism helped turn young men into guerrillas ?
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What, if any, was the relationship between bandits and incipient ' modern ' guerrillas, and how far were they superseded by them ?
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Indeed, some people evaluated the guerrillas' power as a threat to the elderly.
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After the investigations had been concluded, the civilian community and the guerrillas would be gathered and asked to decide on the form of punishment.
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Of course, the guerrillas were mostly young men, and their leaders, especially in the beginning, came from outside the region.
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All their ' voluntary ' activity was under surveillance by the guerrillas, and early in the war by the government as well.
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How seriously should we take the guerrillas' fiery rhetoric and violent, but limited, paramilitary operations?
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Within one year, 12,362 guerrillas, some 20,000 soldiers and around 30,000 civil defence guards were left unemployed.
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With speed and impressive coordination, the guerrillas manoeuvred through the gaps to attain their objective.
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Collocationswithguerrilla
guerrilla
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armed guerrilla
In 1947 the party initiatedarmedguerrillastruggle.
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guerrilla activity
Despite the 'wishful thinking' of some observers, reports that had recently crossed his desk noted thatguerrillaactivitywas ineffective and over-valued because of poor training and leadership.
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guerrilla attacks
It is partly, of course, because of the guerrilla attacks.
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