Militiamen also kidnapped the Iraqi government spokesman for the U.S.-led surge and then torched his house.
Violence spread throughout Baghdad neighborhoods as more militiamen claiming to support al-Sadr took to the streets.
Absolutely, though a far cry from the jack-booted, camouflage-toting set that calls itself militiamen today.
Several thousand of the militiamen, it is feared, have returned to arms and to crime.
One local man recounts how he was approached by Interahamwe militiamen who demanded money.
Ex-militiamen may find it equally hard to adapt to the poverty and tedium of civilian life.
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As The Economist went to press all 13 of the surrounded militiamen had refused to surrender.
Mr Likoka's children were made to round up his cattle for the militiamen, and then hacked apart.
As the rally marched by the two ministry buildings, the militiamen descended and started hitting the protesters.
If the militiamen are not using their guns, ask some Indonesians, why should the Australians take them?
Officials believe there are fewer than 1, 000 Asaib Ahl al-Haq militiamen, and their leaders live in Iran.
Its reliance on armed "but poorly skilled" local militiamen and contract guards was "misplaced", the report said.
Instead, it has tried to buy them off in various ways: 15, 000 ex-militiamen are now paid as policemen.
Monday's blast happened at about 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT), as the militiamen gathered to collect their pay.
Plenty of Indonesians accuse Australia of having territorial designs on East Timor, and of treating the militiamen unfairly.
Nor is anybody squeamish about the death sentences handed out, or the army's shoot-to-kill policy towards the militiamen.
According to South Sudanese military spokesmen, militiamen captured in Abyei said they were ordered to attack by Khartoum.
Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani, who had joined the protest, told Libya's Al-Ahrar TV network that the militiamen threatened him.
Immediately after the troop surge began in February, Sadr's militiamen were noticeably absent from the streets on his orders.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Her friend, 22-year-old Amina Issan(ph), says the militiamen are no longer around.
Some 6, 000 Lebanese, mainly militiamen and their families, fled with the retreating Israelis rather than face the expected retribution.
Two Australian Interfet soldiers injured in a shootout with pro-Indonesia militiamen Wednesday were flown to Darwin for medical care.
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Burundian officials say that Rwanda's Hutu militiamen, the interahamwe, were responsible for much of the recent killing around Bujumbura.
Despite shortages of fuel and food, the militiamen seem determined to fight on.
He also accused Shiite militiamen of burning ballot boxes in Diyala, which is home to both Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
Shia militiamen have roamed Baghdad since the attack on the shrine, challenging the authority of the police and security forces.
Mr Daly details the Sudanese government's savage response: its deployment of janjaweed militiamen with the regular army to slaughter civilians.
The UN says a growing number of children are tortured and killed, often by pro-government militiamen known as the shabiha.
Paul Kagame, Rwanda's vice-president and army chief, dismissed that report but said that many militiamen are being killed by the army.
But, according to Eritrea, militiamen from the border province of Tigray persistently encroached on Eritrean territory, ignoring polite requests to withdraw.
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