1.   Also aboard the plane was Mohammed Abbas, head of a militant faction in the PLO.

2.   But the militant factions are not winning.

3.   Getting mainstream religious groups to recognize and cope with the problem of recruitment by these militant factions is a daunting challenge.

4.   Giuliani and other city officials complained bitterly Monday about a militant faction of dissidents, called New Directions, that makes up nearly half of the union membership.

5.   Members of Islamic Jihad, a militant faction that has carried out suicide attacks in Israel, along with Hamas, reportedly did not attend.

6.   More important, the front said that militant Islamic factions must be included in any talks that take place.

7.   One militant faction of the undead even marches around in chorus line formation awaiting instructions on which side to take.

8.   Political analysts said the movement was split into a militant faction that spurns compromise with the Indonesian government, and a political wing that is open to negotiation.

9.   Responsibility for that attack was taken by a militant Islamic faction.

10.   That would bring a more militant faction to power and could lead to the unraveling of the whole Good Friday agreement.