101.   Police blame Muslim guerrillas and criminals with links to police and military officials for most of the kidnappings.

102.   Police blame outlawed Protestant group for stoking riots.

103.   Police blame terrorists.

104.   Police blame the increase in killings on mob gangs battling for turf.

105.   Police blame the kidnapping on Mohammed Naji al-Shayef, a rogue police officer who belongs to the Bakeel tribe.

106.   Police blame the killings on militant MQM members.

107.   Police blame the largest faction of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, the most powerful political force in Karachi.

108.   Police blame the party for most of the bloodletting in Karachi, including the killing of its political rivals.

109.   Police blame the sharp increase in shootings on an increasing availability of illegal firearms, and most of those confiscated last year were U.S.-made.

110.   Police blame the slaughter on a gangland struggle for power.