During the 1960s, Palestinian resistance fighters were known as the fedayeen or those who sacrifice for a cause. From Wordnik.com. [Electronic Intifada : Palestine] Reference
My father commanded these operations, carried out by "fedayeen," which means, "self sacrifice". From Wordnik.com. [The Gaza Prison Camp] Reference
My father commanded these operations, carried out by "fedayeen," (which means, "self sacrifice"). From Wordnik.com. [Nonie Darwish: The Gaza Prison Camp] Reference
Gaza fedayeen have ceased to infest the countryside. From Wordnik.com. [Statement Before The General Assembly Of The United Nations] Reference
That plays a part; the role of the fedayeen is important. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: 'We Will Turn Bush Into A Dog'] Reference
Snipers and fedayeen hid around every corner, behind every door. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Freedom] Reference
And many Iraqis -- and not only the fedayeen -- echo the sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: 'We Will Turn Bush Into A Dog'] Reference
By now every fedayeen group between there and Mount Hermon has some. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
The closest I know of is “fedayeen” which is a sort of commando. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Research quickie.] Reference
After the battle, King Hussein was quoted as saying "we are all fedayeen". From Wordnik.com. [Karameh Means Dignity for Palestinians] Reference
It'll take more than Olly Miles and local fedayeen to roll up our support. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I just remembered that Frank Herbert used the term “fedayeen” in Dune. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Research quickie.] Reference
The fedayeen of the 1950's became the model for today's terror organizations. From Wordnik.com. [Nonie Darwish: The Muslim Majority Must Break Its Silence] Reference
Recon picked up several hundred fedayeen filtering into most of the border towns. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Freedom] Reference
The fighters called themselves fedayeen, guerrillas prepared to sacrifice their lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
One fedayeen song revered the “Klashin,” local shorthand for the Kalashnikov line. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
The room contained one desk and a few chairs; outside the closed doors, armed fedayeen stood guard. From Wordnik.com. [Friday, February 29, 2008] Reference
A Taliban officer introduced them as fedayeen — Arabic for someone who is about to sacrifice himself. From Wordnik.com. [Alone, Afraid, In the Company of Men Dreaming of Death] Reference
My father commanded these operations, carried out by Palestinian fedayeen, Arabic for "self-sacrifice.". From Wordnik.com. [Arab-Made Misery in Gaza....] Reference
Franca went to fetch the fedayeen herself in the training camps in Lebanon, with the help of the Popular. From Wordnik.com. [Dario Fo - Biography] Reference
In the 1950s, targeted killings were common and were used to halt fedayeen resistance attacks from Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Israeli Extra-Judicial Executions] Reference
There was a note of exasperated contempt in Razzak's voice which embraced both the Russians and the fedayeen. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
Iraqi soldiers took Lynch to a hospital, which was swarming with fedayeen, where she was held for eight days. From Wordnik.com. [How truth was edited in saving Private Lynch] Reference
The fedayeen, with their savagery, only reinforce the almost supernatural terror already inflicted by the dictator. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: 'We Will Turn Bush Into A Dog'] Reference
The treaty enraged the fedayeen and their closest supporters, who turned on Sadat with a loathing reserved for traitors. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
"These fedayeen are not only fighting the Americans, they are mainly against those who want to surrender or refuse to fight.". From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: 'We Will Turn Bush Into A Dog'] Reference
Wise up and read of the persecution of Mark Steyn, McCleans magazine and Ezra Levant for mixing it with the domestic fedayeen. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
I saw what the murderous, brutal regime of Saddam Hussein wrought on that country through his party and their fedayeen henchmen. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
Dug in on the museum's grounds were squadrons of paramilitary fedayeen — not a part of Iraq's heritage that needed preserving. From Wordnik.com. [The Backside of War] Reference
Some of the terrorists were Iraqis, members of the fedayeen militias, who had been radicalized by the American presence in Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Years Later] Reference
Egypt used Gaza as a base for fedayeen raids on Israel, while ruling with an iron fist, preventing Palestinians from entering Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Tumbled Wall in Gaza/Egypt Could Be as Momentous as Jericho's] Reference
Arguably, the conservative movement now poses a more serious threat to our long-term security and prosperity than any fedayeen warrior. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Air America To Declare Bankruptcy, But Progressive Radio Remains Strong] Reference
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