| Renegade warlords and militants now control much of the main island of Guadalcanal. |
| Subdued and cowed by the warlords, the public has little motivation to mobilize against the militias. |
| Initially, many old warlords resisted the wide-ranging reforms that stripped them of their powers. |
| And so far, most of the warlords who have offered to disarm have been the ones allied to the government. |
| But other local warlords, who have access to drug money and other resources, continue to expand their forces or draw freebooters to their ranks. |
| These networks soon recruited tribal warlords and mobilised tribal extended families. |
