| Orwell joined the militias and went to the front where he was seriously wounded. |
| Rogue government and rebel militias who prowl rural areas are hardly accountable to higher authorities. |
| Powerful local families or sheiks took their place, setting up their own militias and spawning inter-tribal feuds. |
| The soldiers will be from local militias and local reserves, with all the tangled politics that implies. |
| With the demise of organized militias, they contend, the right lost any relevance to constitutional adjudication. |
| Two days ago, these regulars and militias were almost hysterical with tension. |
