Several states and many individuals sued the company, which fought with tobacco-company-like determination but eventually gave in.
While his brother chaired the organization, Hakim commanded its military arm, the Badr Organization, which fought with Iran in the Iran-Iraq War.
Civilians were in motion, too — seeking pockets of safety away from the roaming sides, neither of which fought with precision or clear rules.
Israeli suspicions immediately fell on Hezbollah, the militant Shiite organization in Lebanon, which fought with Israel during a monthlong war in 2006, and which Israel regards as a terrorist organization.
It drew an immediate reaction from Kosovo, where Mr. Haradinaj is seen as a freedom fighter for his role as a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought, with NATO support, for independence from Serbia.
On many issues there is a less sophisticated (and sadly more reliable) way to understand how Congress chooses which fights to pick with the president: by asking how the contretemps will make the president look.
Its market value exceeds $75 billion, thanks largely to a pair of blockbusters Epogen, a treatment for anemia, and Neupogen, which fights blood disorders associated with cancer.
The most well-known radical group in the region is the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which fought along with the Taliban in the 1990s but is believed to have been severely weakened by the NATO operation in Afghanistan.
Even Georgia, which fought a war with Russia in 2008, is now onboard.
Abkhazia is also recognized by Russia — which fought a war with Georgia over it and another breakaway region — as well as Nicaragua and Venezuela.
