21.   As Korean immigrants intermarried and spread across Kyushu and western Japan, many established powerful clans wielding major political influence.

22.   The powerful Dulaimi clan has declared war on Saddam Hussein, narrowing his power base and turning a region of the Sunni Moslem heartland of Iraq against the president.

23.   Members of the powerful Khawlane clan carried out the kidnapping and took Maad to Dana.

24.   The highly traditional Arab population, dominated by powerful clans, has a long history of opposition to outsiders -- even other Palestinians.