Sentence examples for faction could be from inspiring English sources
The message, wrapped in ideological and religious wording, is the strongest indication yet that Mr. Ahmadinejad's faction could be purged, after or even during the elections.
Since Mr. Mashaei, like Mr. Ahmadinejad, is increasingly out of favor with the unelected clerics who hold ultimate power in Iran, and was barred from running in the election, the suggestion that the man who interrupted the news conference was simply a troublemaker associated with that political faction could be an attempt to discredit him and explain away the disruption.
Most of the guns in Red Faction could be in here, to be honest.
This unhinged faction could be a problem for the party if not for the fact that a big percentage of voters are perfectly willing to believe ridiculous things.
Some Republicans, meanwhile, expressed cautious optimism that when the final nominee was chosen, the party's differing factions could be brought peacefully back together.
The level of endless non-intersecting red-lines among hopping-mad factions could be gauged by the fact that the Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, was also heading into Cabinet with a signed memo from all his Scottish Tory MPs – protesting the agreement's betrayal of Scotland's fishermen.
As NPR's Ron Elving wrote about a recent NPR poll that held a dire prediction for the Democrats in November: "The House Democratic majority is, as always, a struggle between the 'sitting pretty' faction that's safe (this year as always) and the more fragile 'scaredy cat' faction that could be carried off by even the gentlest of anti-incumbent breezes".
But Pakistani officials say General Musharraf would like to encourage a split in the Taliban, so that if Mullah Omar is killed, there will be a faction that could be included in a coalition government.
But there's one local faction that could be a problem.
So while they are at this exact moment nowhere near as scary as the IRA, Hezbollah, or the Red Army Faction, this could be a breakout year for the eager young cell known as al-Qaeda.
