The party led by Mr. Hakim, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, has a wing of fighters trained by Iran's Quds Force, an elite element of the Revolutionary Guard.
"We are doing a lot of recruitment, working with the spinal units and the military rehabilitation units, and we have launched a youth pilot so, against that background, 2012 brings an elite element to the sport and attracts people's interest.
In Ireland, this can be linked with elite elements of ranked society and the construction of hillforts.
"Historically, the line between radical elements of the right and elite elements of the L.D.P. has been a very thin one," said Sheldon M. Garon, a professor of Japanese history at Princeton.
American officials have charged that Iranians, through the international military wing known as the Quds Force, are particularly active in support of elite elements of the Mahdi Army, a militia largely controlled by Mr. Sadr.
Even for the elite elements of society, the environment was a critical variable in how palace walls were decorated, how gardens and parks were created, and how tribute was collected.
As a result of the reduced leverage of their friends in Washington, which had previously enabled them to rule the country, certain elite elements now appear willing to violently separate themselves and the four eastern provinces in which they are concentrated.
While we, along with some elite elements of the military command in Afghanistan, felt almost certain that we knew exactly where Bergdahl was being held, at the end of an intense week we were told to "wave off," and his unit initiated a search-and-rescue campaign inside Afghanistan, chasing dozens of bad tips.
(6) "Delta Force, our most secret and elite military element, should immediately, and under cover of night, establish a third-rate medical college.
But in Krein's view "the Left" is even worse: it has become the political home of managerialism, and has therefore become increasingly reliant upon "identity politics," which is "the sole ideology that can appear to reconcile the interests of the managerial elite with elements of the exploited classes".
In articulating its project with these cultural logics, Yankee Hindutva promotes a conservative strand of Hinduism, aligned with the traditional elite, patriarchal elements of Indian society.
