They were given to the US for detention at a time when US forces were heavily reliant on Afghan proxies who had their own agendas and who accepted bounties for captives.
When police found them, they said they were sacrificing their victim to become proxies of a thing called the Slenderman, a tall, dark-suited, blank-faced myth.
The Russian and Chinese channels are clearly proxies for their governments and Britain is being vastly outspent".
Because of the Americans' long-running and close ties with the Colombian armed forces, the Farc hope the United States will help ensure that this time the military, or its proxies, don't hunt them down and kill them.
Obama "said our disagreements with Iran on its political behaviour and its using proxies to destabilise the region, that's still there," the Saudi political scientist Khaled al-Dakhil told Reuters.
States may use guerrilla or terrorist groups as proxies, as Iran and Syria have used Hamas and Hezbollah.
Proxies tend to be free but not very convenient and sometimes quite slow (try hide.me), whereas a good VPN is more convenient and arguably more secure, but will almost always require a monthly or yearly subscription.
Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani military ruler accused of sheltering and supporting the Taliban after 2001, has called for an end to the backing of militant "proxies" in Afghanistan.
"Pakistan had its own proxies, India had its proxies, which is unhealthy.
Since 2008, three streams of instability have dominated world affairs: the economic crisis; social unrest among a thwarted young generation that produced the Arab spring and the Occupy movements; and increased diplomatic rivalry between Russia, its proxies and the west.
The government denies any involvement, but Anwar's accuser was clearly acting on behalf of, if not the BN, then their proxies or sympathisers.
