| The US also reportedly fired tank shells into hotels being used as safe houses by Mahdi Army militiamen. |
| Washington's Continentals always had to be reinforced by summertime recruits or militiamen before they could take the field. |
| The prisoners were also made to cook and wash for the militiamen, who are mostly from nomadic tribes and who travel by horse and camel. |
| A group of militiamen, apparently unarmed, stood beneath a large sandalwood tree. |
| An estimated 100,000 militiamen are operating around the landlocked country under the command of regional warlords. |
| Many people witness the shooting but no one does anything to confront the militiamen. |
