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Chinese forces largely defeated the Uyghur separatist group known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) a decade ago in Xinjiang but its offshoot, the Turkestan Islamic Party, continues to operate in Afghanistan and Syria.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Local media in both India and Canada linked Trudeau’s reception – or lack thereof – to the issue of Sikh separatists.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN,
29 Nov. 2024
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And if a militarized, semiautonomous, U.S.-backed Kurdish region across the border in Syria continues to harbor fighters and fuel secessionist aspirations, the threat of a PKK resurgence would remain.—
Halil Karaveli,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Feb. 2025
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Sherman, who had taken Atlanta in September, intended to defeat the Confederacy by inflicting on its heartland the terrible consequences of a war the Southern secessionists had begun.—
Brenda Wineapple,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Forget about laissez-faire virtue-signaling and appeasing the radicals at the Sierra Club.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Teachers must now read from approved materials, claiming that Ukraine is run by radicals and that Russia’s enemies are trying to destabilize the country by hiring locals as disruptors.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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