1.   Before the latest war, the city was lawless and some Islamic militants had little tolerance for the Russian clergy.

2.   In recent attacks, Palestinian militants have targeted soldiers stationed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

3.   Jasper Police Chief Harlan Alexander said the militants have a constitutional right to march as long as they stay peaceful.

4.   On the other hand, Muslim militants have yet to prove they can attract a significant following.

5.   Several reporters were arrested in May after reporting accusations, made by opposition party officials, that government-backed militants had beheaded one of their supporters.

6.   Some have said, like the Islamic militants have, that they will honor the code of badal and fight.

7.   To make matters more difficult, the Hutu militants have no political wing with which to negotiate.

8.   Other Indians wondered if Islamic militants had a hidden hand in lighting the fire.

9.   Other militants had their weapons permits revoked.

10.   A spokesman for the group, who gave his nom de guerre as Osama Najjar, said some militants had explosives strapped to their bodies beneath white shrouds.