21.   They expressed anger at Western reporters for blaming the attacks on Muslim fundamentalists and Osama bin Laden without proof.

22.   While no one has claimed responsibility for the massacre, such attacks are usually blamed on Muslim insurgents.

23.   Police blame the attack on extremists among the majority Sunni Muslim population.

24.   Police blamed the attack on members of the Ranbir Sena militia, which is suspected of receiving arms and funding from upper caste landlords.

25.   Police blamed the attack on Muslim extremists.

26.   Police blamed the attack on the United Liberation Front of Assam, one of the largest of several rebel groups in northeastern India.

27.   Police has blamed the attack on radicals among Sikhs who are fighting for an independent Sikh homeland.

28.   Police have blamed the attack on robbers, but some dissidents claim government involvement.

29.   President Boris Yeltsin, the Federal Security Service and the military blamed the attack on Chechen separatists.

30.   Police are blaming the attacks on heavily armed groups of muggers.