11.   His regime was accused of killing, torturing, detaining without trial and hounding into exile thousands of political opponents.

12.   His regime was accused of using torture and assassination to crush political opposition.

13.   Human rights groups have repeatedly accused his regime of silencing critics by jailing them or worse.

14.   His regime was accused of killing, torturing and jailing thousands of opponents without trial.

15.   His regime was accused of torturing and assassinating political opponents.

16.   Sunni militants blamed the bombing on neighboring Iran, whose Shiite regime is often accused of backing militant Shiite groups in Pakistan.

17.   The Egyptian government has repeatedly accused the regime of Lt. Gen. Omar el-Bashir of supporting the radicals active in Egypt.

18.   The rebels also accused the regime of a disinformation campaign to spread rumors of a split in the KNU leadership and of massive surrenders by KNU troops.

19.   The regime has been accused in the past of staging disruptions to excuse subsequent crackdowns.

20.   Berri has accused the regime of Libya leader Moamer Kadhafi of holding Sadr and two companions, a cleric and a journalist, and demanded their immediate release.