31.   A previously unknown group claimed responsibility, saying the killing was to protest Syrian meddling in Lebanese affairs.

32.   A previously unknown group claimed responsibility.

33.   A previously unknown group made several calls to a news agency, a TV station and the U.S. consulate in Istanbul since Sunday about the fate of the Americans.

34.   A previously unknown group, Lebanese for a Free and Independent Lebanon, has claimed responsibility for killing Hobeika.

35.   A previously unknown group, the Aimal Secret Committee, is the only organization to publicly take responsibility for the killings.

36.   A previously unknown Islamic group has threatened to bomb U.S., British and French embassies in Europe, a London-based Arabic daily reported Saturday.

37.   A previously unknown group called al-Medina claimed responsibility for the attack, police said.

38.   A previously unknown group calling itself the Movement for a Dignified Colombia claimed responsibility for the shootings.

39.   A previously unknown group that claimed responsibility for the killings promised more attacks if Kasi was sentenced to death.

40.   A previously unknown group, calling itself the Jordanian Islamic Resistance, claimed responsibility for the attack.