41.   Shahata also was accused of being part of a nascent Shiite group which allegedly had ties with revolutionary Iran.

42.   Some of the worst incidents involved confrontations between Sunni and Shiite groups.

43.   Six women and a child were among the dead, said Mussarat Hussein, a spokesman for the Shiite group, Tehrik-e-Jafria.

44.   Sunni groups accuse neighboring Iran of helping the Shiite extremists, while Shiite groups blame Saudi Arabia of funding the Sunni militant organizations.

45.   Sunni groups blame Iran for helping the Shiite extremists, while Shiite groups accuse Saudi Arabia of funding Sunni militant organizations.

46.   That raised the speculation about their links with radical Shiite groups of Hezbollah parties in both Kuwait and Bahrain, it said.

47.   Sunni militants blamed the bombing on neighboring Iran, whose Shiite regime is often accused of backing militant Shiite groups in Pakistan.

48.   The area is often used by Hezbollah, a Shiite group, as a launching pad for attacks on Israeli troops and the SLA.

49.   Sunni groups accuse neighboring Iran of helping the Shiite extremists, while Shiite groups say Saudi Arabia is funding the Sunni militant organizations.

50.   Sunni groups blames Iran for helping the Shiite extremists, while Shiite groups accuse Saudi Arabia of funding Sunni militant organizations.