Behind him stood a pair of armed followers.

A man who declined to give his name but who seemed to command respect among other armed followers said: "We knew they would try to attack us.

At midafternoon, Government forces besieged his walled compound, which was defended by more than a hundred armed followers.

The 31-year-old cleric and his armed followers, known as the Mahdi Army, took control of the two cities last month.

The paladins are celebrating their success when Anselme appears with a group of armed followers.

The princes arrived, each with his own band of armed followers, and left their shields and weapons stacked outside the door.

Mr. Rajavi, claiming to have thousands of armed followers, was disqualified from Iran's presidential elections.

He and his armed followers issued threats in reaction to the announced educational policy.

All hope that the speaker had been idly boasting when he spoke of his hundred armed followers died at once.

Zhu's armed followers savaged Upper Myanmar in an attempt to rescue him.