That the manga was avidly read by members of the Self-Defense Forces only reinforced that impression.
Shigeru Iwasaki, the top uniformed official of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, said last month.
In 2006 several right-leaning congressmen were charged with colluding with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
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In 1999 she was kidnapped by the paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia began negotiations with the Uribe government in July 2003, and demobilized some 31, 000 paramilitaries.
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About 30, 000 paramilitaries united under the group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, formally demobilized between 2003 and 2006, but many are thought to have since regrouped.
The Foreign Minister of Colombia, Maria Consuela Araujo, has resigned after her brother was accused of conspiring with paramilitary groups, among them the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
Alvaro Arajo, the brother of Maria Consuelo Arajo, was arrested with four other pro-Uribe lawmakers last week on charges of meeting with the AUC (United Self-defense forces of Colombia) paramilitary leaders.
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The shooter was assigned to a small Special Operations Forces detachment working on so-called village-stability operations, a plan to raise local self-defense forces to protect Afghan villagers from the Taliban, a military official said.
An estimated 30, 000 troops of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) have laid down their arms and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are severely diminished.
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The Uribe administration is under attack because the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and the resulting peace process has led to the opening of old and new wounds, revealing links between the paramilitary and the political establishment.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Columbia: Moving toward more stability
Their troubles began when the Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion which found that the Justice and Peace Law introduced by the government, that set the rules for the 2003-2006 disarmament of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries, was synonymous with impunity.
In one sign of the stress as the nuclear crisis unfolded, an American official helping to coordinate activities with the Japanese Self Defense Forces grew teary-eyed when discussing these cooperative efforts.
The State Department this week said a preliminary investigation by Honduran authorities found that their security forces were justified in firing in self-defense.
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