The ex-president says the charges are part of a political witch-hunt against him and his allies.
As for Hizbullah, it is poised to launch a witch-hunt against its domestic opponents.
In a climate of fear, their activities have degenerated into a witch-hunt, in many cases literally.
Others warned them that a worthy stable-cleaning was in danger of becoming a populist witch-hunt.
That said, I worry that it will be used to stir up the long-running witch-hunt against free-roaming cats.
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And he in fact appealed to their sympathy, saying he had been bullied by Democrats in a witch-hunt.
Foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey said the probe would not be a "witch-hunt" but would uphold universal values.
Others see Waters as one of the chief instigators of a media witch-hunt.
Mr Gowda denies a witch-hunt, and says that activist courts have forced the police to act, regardless of the government's inclination.
The last thing he needs is a witch-hunt inside the same organisation that is now in charge of his war on terrorism.
She said, although sympathetic to the families' position, she did not want the inquest to become "a witch-hunt" where blame was cast.
What started as an attempt to lighten a dark corner of Chinese life has turned into something that looks suspiciously like a witch-hunt.
"We are trying to witch-hunt the issues in this program right now, " Mr. McNerney told investors in October 2006 as the problems became apparent.
Mr Habibie has tried to head off demands for a commercial witch-hunt by ordering a more general inquiry into corruption, headed by the attorney-general's office.
Many saw the 1996 campaign-finance scandal as a Yellow Peril witch-hunt.
The great danger is of a vindictive, arbitrary witch-hunt, where communist-era tactics of denunciation and punishment are used against those whose main crime is being unlucky, not wicked.
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Worse, no action has been taken against those in the police and the attorney-general's office found to have fabricated evidence last year in a witch-hunt against KPK officials.
About the witch-hunt-like climate, he is on less controversial ground.
When giving evidence, Ovenden said there was a "witch-hunt" against those who produce work involving naked children and he accused police of "falsifying" images recovered from his home computer.
The TV presenter insisted he had not been accusing anyone of anything and "it is essential that it is understood that I would never be part of any kind of witch-hunt".
Mr Kim and his supporters also mistrust some bureaucrats, who have been destroying government documents in case there is a witch-hunt for those responsible for getting the country into such a mess.
"I have to say the absolute witch-hunt which is going on at the moment - and the idea a child naked is something to be frowned upon - is absolutely abhorrent, " he added.
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"There can be no industrial peace without meaningful negotiations and while management victimises trade unionists and uses disciplinary procedures in a witch-hunt, " they said, claiming that a Unite approach made over the weekend had been rejected.
At this writing, an official witch-hunt is underway to find and eliminate training materials in FBI, other law enforcement, intelligence and military files that show the immediate threat we face emanates from shariah, not the leadership of core al Qaeda.
It would be a dangerous irony if the effect of the witch-hunt assailing prominent Bush Administration Jews were to have the effect of weakening a vital alliance, emboldening our enemies and causing Mr. Bush possibly acute domestic political problems, to boot.
Mr Cameron, who did not look at the list, said he was "worried" that speculation about unproven allegations could lead to a "witch-hunt particularly against people who are gay" and advised anyone with evidence of abuse should go to the police.
Even more troubling is the transparent character of this witch-hunt: With apparently one exception, all of those named in one way or another in connection with this inquiry (for example, they have been briefed on the matter, they run large Pentagon bureaucracies in which an individual suspected of misconduct - or, perhaps, espionage - works, etc.) have something in common: They are Jews.
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