The Kurds would remain autonomous in their northern redoubt, retaining control over their peshmerga militias.

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Kandahar was the Taliban's main redoubt even after the regime was toppled by a U.S.-led assault in 2001.

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Raida became the last redoubt of Yemeni Jews, who continued to lead a simple life there alongside Muslims.

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It also exposed Mr Thaksin as a demagogue who is ready to incite a revolt from his Dubai redoubt.

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The Russians could never penetrate the redoubt he created in the Panjshir valley.

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He was captured by Cambodian troops near the Thai border, not far from his old redoubt at Anlong Veng.

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Bremnes said she has since learned that Julie helped calm the other young people with whom she shared their rocky redoubt.

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As for Mr Haider, his best bet for a future role may be to stay in his Alpine redoubt, where porkers are appreciated.

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But when Mr Haider blasted the government from his Carinthian redoubt and called for a referendum on pensions, Mr Haupt followed suit and disavowed his own work.

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It is also the last redoubt of wildlife in northern Mexico: black bear and puma, jaguarundi and bobcat, perhaps even reclusive jaguars and ocelots, as well as feral cattle and horses.

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The rub is being felt particularly hard in Greenwich, a redoubt of Wall Street wealth on the edge of New York City's suburbs, where trees are intertwined with the town's old money legacy.

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