This led to the KIO being surrounded by organizations effectively aligned with the SPDC.

Among the Mayor's most enthusiastic and influential supporters is Gerald Taylor, a top official with Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, a predominately black organization aligned with church groups and unions.

And if Hezbollah did not carry out the attack, United Nations officials in southern Lebanon said it was likely that an organization closely aligned with it had done so.

His grandfather, also named Pierre, founded the Phalange Party, a Christian, nationalist, religious militant organization once aligned with Israel.

In July 1984, a new initiative to form a national women's organization aligned to the FDR was launched.

Another, Cheryl Carolus, a 33-year-old black teacher, has risen to prominence as a spokeswoman for the United Democratic Front, an alliance of anti-apartheid organizations aligned with the African National Congress.

The Stahlhelm, or "Steel Helmet," was a nationalist veterans' organisation closely aligned with the German National People's Party.

While the African National Congress has advocated such a conference, it wanted first to forge a united front of organizations aligned against Pretoria.

Some political analysts, such as Robert D. Novak, say Pence benefited in the long run from the endorsement of numerous organizations and individuals aligned with the party's base.