It retained its paramilitary tactics and insularity (Mafiosi called their organization a "family," and members took a blood oath).

He alluded to the Afrikaner Resistance Movement and other extremist groups that use paramilitary tactics.

Some Loyalist politicians in Belfast say the shift in paramilitary tactics reflects a growing frustration among some Protestants.

The model of Islamist organizations that combine electoral politics with paramilitary tactics is fast becoming the calling card of the new wave of Arab democratization.

As the police adopt paramilitary tactics to suppress the violence, they in turn are responsible for as many as a third of the violent deaths, human-rights monitors say.

While in Mexico, he was trained in paramilitary tactics by the Tijuana Cartel, which included heavy weapons training.

Arab democratization may well fuse "electoral politics with paramilitary tactics."

In 1983, Carlos went to Tel Aviv, Israel where he spent a year taking courses in paramilitary and counterinsurgency tactics.

These recruits were then trained in paramilitary tactics on the island of Saipan in the Northern Marianas.

Police units using paramilitary tactics quickly spread across the country, first through major cities with violent gangs, then filtering down to smaller cities.