A deep fear had settled in the neighborhood's northeastern edge, the area closest to the militia stronghold.

General Aoun agreed to the cease-fire after taking control of a main militia stronghold in Dbeiye, five miles north of here.

Earlier today, Syrian foot patrols marched into West Beirut's battle zone to occupy militia strongholds.

And peacekeepers are surrounding villages in militia strongholds and searching hut by hut for guns.

They said that Americans had been kept out of Shiite militia strongholds, and that suspected militia members had been given protection.

The next morning, he ordered his troops and tanks to move against militia strongholds.

Thousands of civilians have fled the operations to clear out militia strongholds by escaping into the jungle, where they face hunger and disease.

We have to hit the militia stronghold before dawn and deactivate it.

As the Jewish weekly The Forward reported last week, anti-Semitic violence in the militia strongholds of Idaho and Montana is now routine.

Using close air support, tanks, and armored vehicles the soldiers defeated militia strongholds along the eastern sections of Sadr City.