That is, that the chaos in Iraq was being driven by small groups of killers, principally those of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, who, by murdering Shiite civilians in huge car and suicide bomb attacks, were driving ordinary Iraqis into the arms of Shiite deaths squads and the Mahdi Army.
But they will soon share this: membership in a relatively small group of convicted killers, spies and kidnappers who have been executed by the federal government rather than by a state.
The Ku Klux Klan is brushed off as a "small group of inbred fools"; racist, killer cops are labeled "bad apples" and domestic terrorists like Timothy McVeigh are called "crazy".
They are among a small group of species (which also includes chimpanzees, killer whales and magpies but not gorillas, dogs or giant pandas) which can pass the mirror test.
The price can be particularly high for spiritual leaders trapped in churches known as "clergy killers," congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long.
As the two arrived in Lampedusa, a small group of activists and local residents shouted "shame", "disgrace" and "killers" at the airport gates.
The two were met upon their arrival in Lampedusa by a small group of activists and local residents who shouted "shame", "disgrace" and "killers" at the airport gates.
With the peloton looming like a hungry killer whale behind a seal, a small group of riders who have been clear all day are chased and then devoured by the fast-moving main field, often in the last few kilometres.
Outside Brookings, a small group of protesters held banners of the YPG – a Kurdish militia based in Syria and supported by the US in the fight against Islamic State – and chanted, "Erdoğan, fascist," and "Erdoğan, baby-killer".
She has a small group of friends.
