1.   The defence maintained that the sales had gone ahead with government knowledge.

2.   Rumors have circulated for months alleging government knowledge of, and participation in, the massacres.

3.   He said the general could have been acting without government knowledge or consent.

4.   Initially, officials blamed other former Soviet republics, but then claimed the equipment had come from Russia without government knowledge.

5.   Speaking on Israeli TV, Ben-Eliezer said the Hezbollah attack must have taken place with Syrian and Lebanese government knowledge.