31.   Officials blamed the bombings on the rebels.

32.   Police blamed the bombings on criminal gang warfare and did not link them with the civil war between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

33.   Prosecutors have blamed the bombing on Mafia attackers as retaliation for police crackdowns.

34.   Previous bombings have been blamed on the separatists.

35.   Previous roadside bombings have been blamed on the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.

36.   Russian authorities blamed the bombings on Chechens.

37.   Russian officials blamed the bombings on Chechen rebels, and shortly afterward launched a second invasion of Chechnya.

38.   Russian officials blamed the bombings on the rebels.

39.   Roadside bombings have been blamed in the past on the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, or Party of God, militia.

40.   Russian officials blamed the bombings on Chechen rebels.