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But the German army wreaked brutal reprisals on the civilians.
The U.S. government harshly condemns Canada's Cuban investments, and several large Canadian firms with U.S. ties have stayed out of Cuba for fear of reprisals from the United States.
The more vulnerable communities on the lower plains paid a high price for these in the form of swift bloody reprisals.
Back in Kosovo, the Guardian of London reported Wednesday that returning ethnic Albanians are targeting gypsies for reprisals.
Presidents have euphemized away the seizure of congressional authority, minimizing their uses of force as "surgical strikes," "police actions," or "immediate reprisals."