But not sufficient on its own to turn a tiny, unheard-of, political debating group into a militant force capable of taking over a nation.

As the militant force was coming towards the town the police force deserted without a fight.

According to a survey conducted by a graduate student at Ankara University, the organization used children within its militant force.

The assault started with a diversionary attack on one end of the base, with the main militant force attacking the other end of the compound.

Some anarchists were a militant revolutionary force with an armed section that was equipped with guns and explosives.

We hear the word and we think: Here they go again, the militant forces of tolerance, trying to shut up everyone who dares to disagree with them.

What we need, therefore, at our level is an instrument to replace this militant force.

The United States has accused Pakistan's intelligence service of working with militant forces in Afghanistan and relations between the two countries have soured this year.

At the annual meeting in Cincinnati that year, militant forces, led by Neal Knox, ambushed the old guard.

It also points out the degree to which ordinary people who abhor violence find themselves caught in the crossfire of fiercely militant forces beyond their control.