1.   The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.

2.   And through that glimpsed fear, he understood that the police were not just the armed thugs he had imagined, but also human beings.

3.   Angry relatives notified reporters from Chinese newspapers, who persisted in trying to visit the site and question survivors despite threats from armed thugs.

4.   Anti-Chavez activists accuse the president of sending armed thugs to attack protesters who were calling for his resignation.

5.   Anti-Chavez forces accuse the president of sending armed thugs to attack protesters calling for his resignation.

6.   By day, armed thugs and Serb police menaced the city of Pristina.

7.   Cedras and his armed thugs have conducted a reign of terror, executing children, raping women, killing priests.

8.   Coal companies and the railroads that hauled coal often deployed armed thugs to respond to labor agitation.

9.   Opposition parties, who boycotted the runoff, said many polling places were ghost towns while others were reportedly the targets of armed thugs.

10.   Pretty soon not only Billy but also her sister and brother-in-law are battling heavily armed thugs.