The militia captured many of the rebels on February 4 in Petersham, Massachusetts.

In the action, the militia captured 2,000 Sioux, both men and women.

The militia killed one man and captured several in an engagement against anti government forces near Augusta in Northeastern district.

Last week, Serbian-based militias captured two key towns in Bosnia in bloody assaults which left more than 50 people dead.

The ship drifted until it ran aground, at which point the Canadian militia boarded it, encountered no resistance and captured the Patriot crew.

"First he would send the militia and helicopters to try and capture people, shooting anyone who did not cooperate," Mr. Naslob said.

In 1996, when the largely Pashtun militia captured Kabul, it also seized the strategic Shamali.

In dawn raids on 1 March 1949, Suharto's forces and local militia captured large parts of Yogyakarta, holding it until noon.

The people's militia, as the volunteers call themselves, captured their weapons from troops during the weekend fighting, they said.

When the militia could not capture the diplomatic party, they attacked the people of the town, wounding Hanging Maw and killing Betsy.