1.   Although there are reports that some of the schools offer combat training, backers insist most madrassas are not turning out holy warriors.

2.   And it will take more than his newly shorn look to transform Lindh from holy warrior to suburban American youth gone astray.

3.   A coalition of holy warriors, supplied by the United States, eventually drove Russian troops out.

4.   Above all, officials say, the new holy warriors are persistent.

5.   But a stomach crawl through a slit in the canyon wall provides entry and offers an illuminating glimpse into the world of the holy warrior.

6.   But neither carpet bombing nor commandos drove the Afghan holy warriors from the mountains.

7.   Dostum once fought along side the Soviet-backed government, before switching to the mujahideen, the so-called holy warriors fighting to oust the Russian invaders.

8.   Euphoric about their victory over the Soviets, bin Laden and his extremist allies concluded that no secular state could defeat holy warriors.

9.   He blamed Lashkar-e-Toiba, a group of Islamic holy warriors based in Pakistan that wants predominantly Muslim Kashmir to be part of Islamic Pakistan.

10.   He said he was a member of a local group of holy warriors.