1.   Abdullah still wore the long beard and flowing hair and white turban of his erstwhile Taliban comrades.

2.   He knew that chances were when he came back to this old border town he called home, his erstwhile comrades in the IRA would eventually kill him.

3.   His erstwhile comrades ripped the gun from him, tossed it into their car and drove off, leaving him unharmed but unarmed.

4.   Increasingly he is turning away from his erstwhile Arab comrades and toward black Africa.

5.   Williamson, who had infiltrated the African National Congress and targeted his erstwhile comrades, admitted organizing the attack and apologized.