Maan massacre

The Maan massacre was a reported massacre of Alawites in the village of Ma'an, Syria on 9 February 2014.

On 9 February 2014, rebels of the Jund al-Aqsa group attacked and captured the Alawite village of Maan, in Hama province, reportedly killing 21 civilians, 14 of them women, during the takeover of the village, according to the SOHR. 10 of those killed were from a single family. 20 pro-government militiamen were also killed in the attack. State media described the attack as a massacre and Syrian government sources claimed around 60 civilians were killed by the Saudi-backed Islamic Front, most of them women, children and the elderly.

The Nusra Front denied they took part in the attack, claiming another group was behind it. The spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, relayed that the Secretary-General expressed "great shock" over reports of the massacre.

The massacre caused demonstrations against Al Qaeda, Al Nusra Front, the ruling Justice and Development Party and the United States by the Alawite community in Hatay, Mersin, Istanbul and other Turkish cities.

Massacre

A massacre is a specific incident which involves the deliberate slaughter of people, although a tight definition has never emerged.

Origin and history of term

The first recorded use in English of the word massacre to label an event is Marlowe's (circa 1600), The massacre at Paris (a reference to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre). The word ultimately derives from Middle Low German *matskelen meaning to slaughter.

Massacre is also a verb that means to kill (people or, less commonly, animals) in numbers, especially brutally and indiscriminately. The first known use for this meaning was in 1588.

The term is also used metaphorically for events that do not involve deaths, such as the Saturday Night Massacre—the dismissals and resignations of political appointees during Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal.

Definitions

Robert Melson's "basic working definition," reads, "by massacre we shall mean the intentional killing by political actors of a significant number of relatively defenseless people... the motives for massacre need not be rational in order for the killings to be intentional... Mass killings can be carried out for various reasons, including a response to false rumors... political massacre... should be distinguished from criminal or pathological mass killings... as political bodies we of course include the state and its agencies, but also nonstate actors..."

List of Superman enemies

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Enemies created for other media

These are Superman villains created in other media, with no appearances in previous comics. Livewire, Mercy Graves, Non and Ursa subsequently made appearances in Superman comic books, and have been integrated into the mainstream continuity of the DC Universe.

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Massacre (experimental band)

Massacre was originally founded in 1980 in New York City by guitarist Fred Frith, bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Fred Maher as an improvising and experimental rock band. They performed live for just over a year and recorded a studio album, Killing Time (1981). Frith and Laswell reformed Massacre in 1998 with drummer Charles Hayward, and released four more albums, Funny Valentine (1998), Meltdown (2001), Lonely Heart (2007) and Love Me Tender (2013). The last three albums were recorded live, the first in London, and the others at European festivals between 1999 and 2008.

The BBC described Massacre as "an unholy union of The Shadows, Captain Beefheart, Derek Bailey and Funkadelic".

History

Guitarist Fred Frith, who was a co-founder of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow, moved to New York City in 1979 after Henry Cow split up. There he met and began performing with bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Fred Maher, both of the jazz ensemble Material. In 1980, when Peter Blegvad was looking for an opening band for his Valentine’s day concert at Soundscape in New York, Frith volunteered and invited Laswell and Maher to join him as a power trio they called Massacre. The band was well received and soon began performing at venues all over New York City.

Maan

Maan or Ma'an may refer to:

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Maan (TV series)

Maan (Urdu: مان‎ ; lit. Proud) is a Pakistani family drama serial that premiered on Hum TV on October 19, 2015, airing a weekly episode on Mondays. Due to drama serial Mann Mayal, The drama is airing on Fridays instead of Mondays from 29 January 2016. It is directed by Amin Iqbal and written by Shehla Shakoor. Drama serial is produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi of 7th Sky Productions and Meekal Zulfiqar who also served as the head of the project and Hira Anwar of Hum TV.

Meekal Zulfiqar and Kiran Haq star as parents of two girls and the younger girl has a heart problem. They are facing financial problems and don't have enough money to do the surgery of their younger girl, which lead their family to destruction. Maha Warsi portrays a villainous role while Seemi Raheel stars as a mother of Zulfiqar and Saleem Sheikh as his brother.

Premise

Maan, Maharashtra

Maan (Marathi: माण) is not a city name.Dahiwadi taluka is called as Maan taluka because land type of that region is Maan.Sub division dahiwadi is in Satara district of Maharashtra in India.

Geography

Maan (Dahiwadi) taluka is one of the important taluka of Satara District. Maan is located at Dahivadi (Maan T; 17° 40' N, 74° 30' E; RS Koreganv 28 m. W; p. 4,057) lies on the right bank of the Maan on the Pusesavali-Shingnapur road, forty miles east of Satara and about four miles (6 km) from the junction of the above mentioned road with the Satara Pandharpur road. The river banks are low and the village is spread along the sides for about a quarter of a mile. The total geographical area of the taluka is 556 square miles (1,440 km²). India's big politicians are always visit this taluka.but the problems of water, road, electricity are not solved yet.

Places of interest around Mann

In Mann Taluka very famous Tirthkshetras Shikhar Shinganapur (Maharashtra's Kuladaivatya), Gondawale (Shri BrahmaChaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj), Varugad, Mhaswad (shri Nath), Malawadi (Khandoba, Shri Mahant Shantigiriji Maharaj), Biroba, Satoba, Kulakjai (Sitabai Mandir), Mohi (Mahalaxmi) etc. There are some forts around Mann such as Varugad, MahiMangad & Vardhangad. The fort Vardhangad can be reached from Satara also.