Spartanburg county was established in 1785 and named for the Spartan Rifles, a local militia force during the Revolution.
Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Mohammad Reza Naqdi to lead the Basij militia force.
On Saturday, a gunman in the uniform of a government-backed militia force shot dead two British soldiers in Helmand district in the southwest.
The valley certainly became known to the world after a California state militia force pursued marauding Native Americans into it in 1851.
Shantali was seized on Sept. 5, after Aidid's militia force ambushed his unit, killing seven Nigerian U.N. peace keepers and wounding seven others.
Finally, there is still no solid information on the precise makeup and command structure of the Christian militia force, which also apparently included some Shiite Moslems.
The group is led by a young former leader of the Basij Militia force, Mehrdad Bazrpash, and the sister of the president is a member.
Twenty-five other members of his family, 65 soldiers and police officers, and 106 members of a civilian militia force were also charged over the murders.
An American official said the precise identity of the pro-government militia force was unclear but that it had been massing for about a week.
According to a Lebanese Army soldier, the militia force going into the camps was composed primarily of Phalangist units consisting of men from Damur, Saadiyat and Nameh.
The disappearance occurred despite the fact that the university has been under guard by a special militia force since last month.
