1.   But the Mai-Mai militias rule the roads leading north, west and south, staging frequent ambushes.

2.   Beirut was the scene of numerous explosions and other violence during the civil war when private militias ruled the streets.

3.   But most of the north is ruled by militia linked to Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek who has shifted loyalties over the years to keep his domain.

4.   In Islamic Afghanistan, where the hard-line religious militia rules most of the country, it is illegal to shave, which the Taliban say is offensive to Islam.

5.   The most prominent prisoner received by the U.S. military from Pakistani custody is Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan when the strict Islamic militia ruled Afghanistan.

6.   The militia ruled Afghanistan for five years until its collapse this month.

7.   The militias now rule over squalid refugee border camps in Indonesian West Timor.

8.   The Taliban militia ruled Afghanistan for five years until its collapse this month.

9.   Hundreds of archeological objects disappeared from the national museum or warehouses where they were stored for safekeeping during the civil war, when militias ruled the streets.

10.   During the war militias ruled the streets and many US citizens were among Westerners killed or kidnapped.