51.  But the Islamic opposition party has accused Mahathir of trying discredit it by trying to link it with Islamic radicalism.

52.  But there is little indication of ties between that Islamic opposition party and the al-Qaida terror cell, Ott said.

53.  Clashes between the Russian-backed Tajik government and the Islamic opposition, which is based in neighboring Afghanistan, have increased recently.

54.  Defeated by Rakhmonov, the Islamic opposition fled to neighboring Afghanistan, but its fighters have carried out frequent hit-and-run attacks across the border.

55.  Despite a peace agreement signed by the government and the main Islamic opposition groups last summer to end a long civil war, the former Soviet republic remains restive.

56.  Despite the peace accord, there are periodic clashes between the hard-line government and the mostly Islamic opposition.

57.  Despite the peace accord that ended the civil war, the hard-line government and the mostly Islamic opposition clash periodically.

58.  Egypt and Tunisia are beset by varying degrees of Islamic opposition, and Turkey is battling a Kurdish insurgency seeking autonomy in its southeast.

59.  Following breakup of Soviet Union, fighting broke out between secular government and mostly Islamic opposition.

60.  Four Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian were injured in three separate incidents Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of the founding of the main militant Islamic opposition movement.