One of the aims of aerial bombing in the second world war was to terrorise the civilian population into surrender.

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Whatever the reasons, a moral malaise has gripped a minority of young Britons, a subgroup that is nevertheless big enough to terrorise and humiliate the country.

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So does Becca believe there will ever be another West Indies team to terrorise opponents with their fast bowlers, and produce batsmen like Richards and Brian Lara?

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The prosecution thus has to prove both that Mr Taylor bears responsibility for the actions of a third party (always a difficult task), and to show that he was arming the rebels so as to terrorise the Sierra Leonean population and to gain control of the country's diamonds.

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