11.   Their hereditary claims seem equal.

12.   But like so many other reported sightings of al-Qaida remnants, the claim seemed to melt away.

13.   But the claims seemed highly optimistic.

14.   Students, professors, congressmen and political analysts said the claim seemed dubious.

15.   The claims seem exaggerated given the factional fighting in his movement and government offensives.

16.   Their claim seems to have been ignored by UNOSOM.