The Italian media have described the heist as a paramilitary-style operation that brought something of the Wild West to the autostrada.

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Martin Mogg, the governor of the prison, says that the new measures can only work with the co-operation of the paramilitary prisoners.

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It is thought that some of the profits from the operation were being used to fund paramilitary groups in Colombia.

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He had plans in place before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom to employ the Fedayeen paramilitary forces and to conduct an insurgency.

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Nearly 50, 000 federal paramilitary troops and tens of thousands of policemen took part in the operation across several states.

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The Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary organization, said it arrested Qari Abdul Hayyee, alias Asad Ullah, in a covert operation just north of Karachi's international airport.

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The Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary organization, said in a statement it arrested Qari Abdul Hayyee, alias Asad Ullah, in a covert operation just north of Karachi's international airport.

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