1.   The Bosnians, on the other hand, had a few militiamen armed with rifles and small mortars, and little else.

2.   The Zairian military has been shipping weapons into the camp and arming the militiamen for a battle with the rebels, aid workers said.

3.   But the militiamen were armed only with slings and lances.

4.   Many militiamen are armed with nothing more than machetes, although some carry machine guns, rocket launchers or other captured weapons.

5.   Pro-independence activists claim the Indonesian military has trained and armed militiamen in a bid to stymie the vote.