1.   Afghanistan is a land where people hold allegiance not to institutions but to one of the dozens, if not hundreds, of warlords or tribal elders.

2.   All of them not surprisingly hold allegiances to certain teams.

3.   First of all, if multinationals no longer hold much allegiance to home, and by implication to its laws and mores, to whom are they accountable?

4.   Numerous other Palestinians, in Islamic Jihad, Hamas and other militant movements, hold no allegiance to Arafat and his agreements.

5.   Another major complication is the Eastern Rites churches, which carry on Orthodox traditions and trappings but hold allegiance to the pope.

6.   Another major complication is the Eastern Rites churches, which carry on Orthodox traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.

7.   It can be a humbling game that holds no allegiance to any human being.

8.   The Eastern Rite Catholics, with communities in Romania and Ukraine, adhere to Orthodox traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.

9.   The main stumbling blocks include the Eastern rites churches, which carry on Orthodox traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.

10.   The main stumbling blocks include the Eastern rites churches, which carry on Orthodox trappings and traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.