1.   He said he sees two basic factions among those who discuss the issue.

2.   He warned that the United States could be drawn into a broader conflict, perhaps between Iran and Iraq, which are backing different factions among the warring Kurds.

3.   There is a faction among Louisville backers that wants Crum to step down and Rick Pitino to step in and bring the Cardinals back to their glory days.

4.   There were no factions among the players, no sniping between the competitors.

5.   There are at least three loose factions among the several dozen people in the Waco area who call themselves Branch Davidians.

6.   But massacres, which have grown increasingly common, are usually blamed on the Armed Islamic Group, the most radical faction among Muslim insurgents.

7.   The attack on Hamiti may present a warning to Rugova by more radical factions among ethnic Albanians who reject any deal with the government of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

8.   The massacres, which have grown increasingly common, are usually blamed on the Armed Islamic Group, the most radical faction among Muslim insurgents.