Some politicians had suggested he be tried as an enemy combatant in front of a military tribunal, where defendants are denied some of the usual constitutional protections.
The enemy - the Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF - had been formed among Tutsi exiles in Uganda.
In the recent election for the governorship of Krasnoyarsk, some Kremlinites backed the populist ex-general, Alexander Lebed, though for others (including Mr Yeltsin) he remains enemy number one and a front-runner to win the federal presidency in two years' time.
If health care is emblematic of the growing perception that Obama and his fellow Democrats are irresponsible on the domestic policy front, so "terrorism and the treatment of enemy combatants" are emblematic of the public perception that Obama's foreign policy is too weak.
Now, with the new enemy declared as "terrorism", Peshawar is once again a sort of front line - at least for the media, intelligence agencies and returning former rebel commanders.
The tribesmen attacked the enemy with small, highly mobile units, forcing it to defend itself along a huge front.
Venezuelan President Chavez and Belarusian dictator Lukashenko have become strategic partners, recently announcing a joint front against the U.S., which they identify as the leading enemy to defeat in their crusade against market economies and representative democracies.
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As a matter of fact, using a military argot, both dictators have recently announced a joint front against the U.S., which they identify as the leading enemy to defeat in their crusade against market economies and representative democracies.
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Even in front of explicitly conservative audiences, Bush continued his theme that government was not the enemy, but just wasn't being used for the proper ends.
As a point man, Staff Sergeant Miller was at the front of the patrol, cut off from supporting elements and less than 20 meters from enemy forces.
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"When the enemy trained a gun on me, a round shot struck the ground not more than thirty feet in front of me, ploughing up the turf many yards, " he wrote on May 2, 1862.
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