Israel has released Palestinians in prisoner exchange agreements concluded with various Palestinian militia factions.

He is widely respected for his personal integrity, though as a leader he was rendered powerless by religious militia factions in a land then corrupt beyond imagination.

The Iraqi government should request that for the next two years, six to eight American brigades serve as a backup, available as a last resort if there is trouble in cities with large militia factions like Baghdad, Basra and Najaf.

Karami's attempts to incorporate all major militia factions in his government failed when the LF chief, Samir Geaga, refused a Cabinet post in protest at the pro-Syrian stance of most of the ministers.

In late 1994, most of the militia factions fighting for control of Kabul were militarily defeated by forces of the Islamic State's Secretary of Defense Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Affiliations with militia factions also obscure loyalties and give rise to divisions.

However Rabbani's authority remained limited to only part of Kabul; the rest of the city remained divided among rival militia factions.

Death threats have been received by some of the attendees from various militia factions, and several militia men storm the building.

According to Augusto Bahamon Dussan, who retired as an army commander here last August, each guerrilla army maintains ties to a specific militia faction.