| Two days ago, these regulars and militias were almost hysterical with tension. |
| Powerful local families or sheiks took their place, setting up their own militias and spawning inter-tribal feuds. |
| The war effort was built upon volunteer companies and the amorphous state militias behind them. |
| With the demise of organized militias, they contend, the right lost any relevance to constitutional adjudication. |
| Orwell joined the militias and went to the front where he was seriously wounded. |
| When night falls and security wanes, the janjaweed militias come marauding through the camps and attack the women. |
