1.  These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.

2.  An obscure group of Islamic fighters claimed responsibility, according to police.

3.  And then came an even more obscure group to run out the second-half clock.

4.  Across the street from the stately Peace Palace where the World Court sits is the office of an obscure anti-nuclear group called the World Court Project.

5.  He moved his organization to Afghanistan, just as an obscure group known as the Taliban was taking control of the country.

6.  In the midst of the panic, President Clinton called an obscure group known as the National Bioethics Advisory Commission into action.

7.  The blurring of ideology has been accelerated by the Internet, with its quick access to the material of previously obscure groups.

8.  The participants included real estate speculators, mortgage bankers, appraisers and obscure nonprofit groups with little or no housing experience.

9.  Two obscure Islamic groups claimed responsibility.

10.  Police suspected an obscure anti-government group staged the violence to frighten holiday revelers.