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Definition of Pesh Merga
1. Noun. A Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pesh Merga
Literary usage of Pesh Merga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Endless Torment: The 1991 Uprising in Iraq and Its Aftermath by Eric Goldstein, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"According to a detailed account provided by a hardware-store owner, the rebellion
was coordinated by pesh merga outside the city who maintained close ..."
2. Hidden Death: Landmines and Civilian Casualties in Iraqi Kurdistan by Middle East Watch (Organization, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"Q> Did you use any other markings apart from the barbed wire entanglements? A> No.
Interview #3: Pesh merga combatant Date: August 6, 1991 / London Subject: ..."
3. Landmines: A Deadly Legacy by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"The army and militia has bombed, shelled, looted and burned villages to punish
villagers for allegedly harboring Kurdish guerrillas, known as pesh merga. ..."
4. Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (1991)
"An English teacher recounted that the pesh merga and their supporters "took three
... During the first days after the pesh merga took over, some escaped. ..."
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