Three weeks ago, the militance took on a mad and sinister cast: terrorists set fire to a movie house in Abadan, killing 377 people.
The qualities that brought Gingrich this far are also the ones that are bringing him down: militance, arrogance and a lot of nerve.
But as political freedom began to dawn on post-apartheid South Africa, the gangs reorganized with greater militance and got involved in murder, extortion, drug dealing and armed .