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(n): a person authorized to act for another
(n): a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
(n): a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
(n): a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent
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"Moderate Islamist militia" is about as oxymoronical as it gets.
"In 2006, using U.S. trained and funded Ethiopian troops, the Bush administration intervened by proxy in a Somali civil war to oust a relatively moderate Islamist militia on the verge of unifying that desperate country for the first time in a long while. Two years later, the situation has only deteriorated further: the capital Mogadishu is in chaos, militant Islamists have retaken much of the south, those Ethiopian troops are preparing to withdraw, and the Bush-backed government to fall. At least, ten thousand Somalis have died and more than a third of the population, a jump of 77%, needs aid just to survive."
- Tom Engelhardt, 'F is for Failure: The Bush Doctrine in Ruins', 21 Oct 2008.