Category:Dirty wars

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<nowiki>guerra sucia; 汚い戦争; guerre sale; vuile oorlog; грязная война; guerra bruta; Guerra puerca; 骯髒戰爭; dirty war; schmutziger Krieg; Guerra suja; guerra sucia; umazana vojna; 骯髒的戰爭; прљави рат; forma de guerra; Konflikt, bei dem staatliche Sicherheitskräfte illegale und menschenrechtsverletzende Methoden anwenden; conflict in which state security forces use illegal methods that violate human rights; 國家安全部隊或政府準軍事組織使用侵犯人權的方式鎮壓或打壓異見方的衝突; répression d'État dans les années 1960, 1970 et 1980 en Amérique latine; guerra porca; ダーティー・ウォー; 骯髒戰爭</nowiki>
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The phrase "dirty war" refers to an often undeclared civil war or reign of terror of a government against rebels or its own population:

(n) dirty war (an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims) "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s"[1]
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 See also categories: Extrajudicial killings, Forced disappearance, Guerrilla warfare, Partisans, Terrorism and Torture.

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  1. ↑ Dirty War at WordnetWeb.

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