41.  Ayyash was from Artas, near Bethlehem, and two militant groups claimed responsibility for the shooting.

42.  Bahaeddin says that many students were intimidated into wearing the head coverings, which he believes have a sinister origin among militant groups.

43.  Behind the scenes, U.S. officials are pressuring Pakistan to crack down on the militant groups India has blamed.

44.  Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas, the two militant groups behind dozens of attacks against Israelis, claimed responsibility in faxes to news services.

45.  Both were members of the militant Hamas group.

46.  Brando first spoke positively of the Jewish contribution to civil rights, saying that a Jew who headed United Artists founded or financed a militant black civil rights group.

47.  A militant environmental group claimed responsibility, saying it was taking a strike against genetically modified foods.

48.  A group of youths carried the green banners of the militant Islamic group Hamas, and an Iraqi flag was also held aloft.

49.  A pair of leaflets issued in the name of the militant Islamic group Hamas praised suicide attacks as the best tactic with which to confront Israel.

50.  A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas had been released from house arrest and he used the occasion to denounce the United States.