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A Wary Return to RaqqaBERLIN – In mid-October, the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed, predominantly Kurdish militia with ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, “liberated” my hometown, Raqqa, from Islamic State (ISIS) fighters.

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As a matter of fact, it wasn't until 2008 that the Supreme Court ruled for the first time the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

Her brother was murdered by the state-sponsored militia, and she was raped more than once just because she belonged to the wrong party.

Control of the means of force, whether in the police or a militia, is power at its most primal.

Three different movements and two militia acting in the same area and competing for natural resources.

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