During World War II he again fought for his country, this time in a paramilitary militia.

Another paramilitary militia was founded in response to the invasion, the "Army of 20 Million", commonly known as the Basij.

Knin's police chief, Milan Martić, established paramilitary militias.

Later he contributed to the creation of the Landstormen, a paramilitary militia, who reached the size of about 200 people.

Gomez and the cartel have paid right-wing paramilitary militias to protect smuggling routes.

Mr. Uribe has also embarked on nascent peace talks with right-wing paramilitary militias, a process that could remove those violent insurgent groups from a 39-year-old conflict.

It also links the United States with an ineffective and abusive Colombian army, which maintains extensive ties to murderous paramilitary militias.

Natalia also joined a paramilitary militia as a motorcyclist courier.

Many inductees were made members of the Revolutionary Guards, the paramilitary religious militia that eventually became Iran's most ferocious battlefield force.

Initially a minor group it grew rapidly from 1927 when Hoornaert became leader and converted it into a paramilitary militia.