Police Support Unit
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police-support-unit-177-17792091
title:
Police Support Unit
text:
The Police Support Unit, also known by their nickname of the Black Boots, is a paramilitary wing of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. They were founded as a native police force but later developed into a counter-insurgency unit of the British South Africa Police in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War. The unit was the only paramilitary unit retained by the Zimbabwe Republic Police after the country's reconstitution as Zimbabwe. The unit gained notoriety for being an effective counter-terrorist fo
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Paramilitary wing of the Zimbabwe Republic Police
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Support_Unit
date created:
2007-11-11T17:19:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:43:38Z
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13
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