71.   Mahmad lifted his arms against the spray of bullets.

72.   Much of the countryside remains under the control of local warlords, who sometimes take up arms against each other for patches of territory.

73.   NATO, the United Nations and other international organizations criticized what they essentially termed a call to arms against the NATO troops.

74.   Other leaders warned of chaos and trouble, with Christian residents possibly taking up arms against their new rulers, whom they fought for decades.

75.   Palestinian leaders have said the abandonment of a call to arms against Israel will be affirmed by acclamation, not by an actual vote.

76.   Recent calls for Banyamulenge to leave Zaire have prompted some of them to take up arms against Zairian troops.

77.   Police meanwhile have said they are hunting for two leaders of the opposition Malawi Democratic Party who last month vowed to take up arms against the government.

78.   Ronnie Barnes remembers talking to Tiki Barber after the New York Giants halfback hurt his left arm against the Dallas Cowboys more than a month ago.

79.   Some Banyamulenge have taken up arms against the Zairian military and have reportedly received assistance from the Tutsi-dominated armies in Burundi and Rwanda.

80.   Similarly Muslim soldiers took up arms against the British, fearing the bullets were coated with pig fat, deemed unclean to Islamists.