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In Ohio, nearly all of the state's limited-government groups have banded together under the banner of the Ohio Liberty Council, a loose-knit federation of more than 50 groups.
Tea Parties Forge Alliances in Bid to Advance Agendas Neil King Jr. 2010
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Mullah Omar, supreme leader of the Taliban, is reasserting direct control over the militant group's loose-knit insurgency in Afghanistan, ordering attacks and shuffling field commanders in preparation for the arrival of thousands of additional U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials and insurgents in Afghanistan.
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The action, however, infuriated the international hacker community, with the shadowy, loose-knit group known as "Anonymous" pledging to retaliate by attacking government-related websites.
Hackers Wreak Havoc on Malaysian Government James Hookway 2011
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Computer specialists describe "Anonymous" as a loose-knit collective, which doesn't have a centralized hierarchy or chief, but communicates via Internet chat rooms and recruits new members through social networking sites like Twitter.
Hacking Probe Nets Five People in Britain Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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The action, however, infuriated the international hacker community, with the shadowy, loose-knit group known as "Anonymous" pledging to retaliate by attacking government-related websites.
Hackers Wreak Havoc on Malaysian Government James Hookway 2011
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The group is a loose-knit collective of so-called hactivists, with cells in various countries that communicate over the Internet to carry out coordinated attacks.
Spain Arrests Three in Sony Site Attack Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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Channeling money to the opposition through the SNC could also force the Free Syrian Army, the term applied to the loose-knit group of defected Syrian soldiers and locally commanded opposition fighters, to finally recognize the leadership of the SNC.
Attacks Bring Syria's Chaos to New Front Charles Levinson 2012
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Although the operation is called Anonymous Brasil, there was some confusion as to whether it is related to the global loose-knit hacker-activist group Anonymous.
Citi Hit in Brazilian Hacker Attack Gerald Jeffris 2012
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The Connecticut Tea Party Patriots, a loose-knit group of activists from across the state, received permission from the state Capitol police to fly the flag from Friday through April 15.
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Anonymous is a loose-knit group of people that launch coordinated attacks against the websites of governments and companies, seeking to disable them with a flood of data.
Turkey Arrests Alleged Hackers Marc Champion 2011
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