11.   And after an increase in attacks against foreigners and government officials by Islamic militants, many landlords are turning to private security companies and uniformed guards.

12.   And he was backing Islamic militants who had begun to challenge the governments in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, the Philippines and elsewhere.

13.   And Mubarak, battling a wave of attacks by Islamic militants, hopes to win favor with Western backers by helping to push the peace effort forward.

14.   And Islamic militants are warning of a popular explosion, even civil war.

15.   And knew nothing at all of the international hue and cry over Osama bin Laden, the multi-millionaire Islamic militant who operates his Al Qaeda network from Afghanistan.

16.   And Mahfouz has found himself an unwitting ally in the latest government campaign against the Islamic militants.

17.   And Musharraf launched a new wave of arrests of Islamic militants, with dozens of members of outlawed groups detained.

18.   And while the Russians relaxed their ultimatum to the civilians, there was no softening of the Russian line regarding the Islamic militants.

19.   Angry, they cut PLO funds, and some may have switched to the Islamic militants to undercut Yasser Arafat, the PLO leader.

20.   Arlacchi described Russian officials as extremely worried that profits generated by Afghan opium could be used by Islamic militants to destabilize Tajikistan and other neighbors in Central Asia.