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- noun Plural form of
brigade .
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The brigades were a “salami” of bits and pieces patched together from up to seven units, soldiers who had never trained together if they had trained at all.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The brigades were a “salami” of bits and pieces patched together from up to seven units, soldiers who had never trained together if they had trained at all.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The brigades were a “salami” of bits and pieces patched together from up to seven units, soldiers who had never trained together if they had trained at all.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The brigades were a “salami” of bits and pieces patched together from up to seven units, soldiers who had never trained together if they had trained at all.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Advancing rebels took over the old police academy shortly after noon, proclaiming it the headquarters of the Tripoli Division of five rebel brigades, which is taking the lead in efforts to secure the city.
Fighting Flares in Tense Tripoli Charles Levinson 2011
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The brigades are a violent offshoot of Hamas rival Fatah, the movement led by Mr. Abbas.
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Per the Reagan strategy, the additional forces were showing a permanent US presence in the Middle East, more pertinent to the events, some 100 field grade US Army and Special Forces officers were training “the most highly motivated” Lebanese brigades, that is, those with strong Phalangist militia components [v].
Shameless 2007
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There's no office that says Izzedine al-Kassem brigades, which is the name of the military or terrorist wing.
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One of the Villas industrial construction brigades, which is going to construct the
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General M.L. Bonham had been appointed Major General of State troops and called his brigades together.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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