81.   More than a dozen Palestinians, including local militia leaders and Islamic militants, have been killed in recent months in pinpoint attacks attributed to Israeli commandos.

82.   Much of the fighting on the government side is done by local militias.

83.   Once the redeployment is verified, Eritrea will begin restoring civil administration of the zone, including police and local militia, the statement said.

84.   On Tuesday, Dostum said northern Afghanistan was free of major factional fighting, and all local militias had pledged their support to the provisional government.

85.   One of them, Mohammed Dakhalla, had been sentenced to death last year by a Palestinian court for helping Israel kill Hussein Abayat, a local militia leader.

86.   Seven others were wounded, including two Israelis, two Palestinians and three Lebanese, according to Lebanese police and an Israeli-sponsored local militia.

87.   Some took up arms after the arrival of Hutu refugees left them targets of attack by local militias and discrimination by the Zairian government.

88.   Some work with local Afghan militias, training them and gleaning intelligence.

89.   Striking back at an advancing West African intervention force, Sierra Leone rebel soldiers on Saturday ambushed three buses carrying West African troops and a local militia group.

90.   The agreement also creates a security force run by the central government, not local militias, an official said Sunday.