1.   Anti-independence militiamen have been blamed for much of the violence, killing dozens of civilians and attacking or threatening U.N. personnel preparing for the ballot.

2.   It blamed anti-independence militiaman for the attack.

3.   No one claimed responsibility for the assault Tuesday, but the Afghan defense ministry blamed Taliban militiamen seeking to topple President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

4.   The group blamed anti-independence militiamen for the attack.

5.   They blamed militiamen who support Indonesian rule.

6.   The crash triggered a wave of ethnic carnage in Rwanda, where Hutu militiamen have been blamed for the mass killings of Tutsi residents and Hutu opposition figures.