1. Splinter groups from mainstream religions, once considered cults, often form new cults.2. Media reports suggested they were members of a splinter group of veterans. 3. This would hardly be an unusual membership curve for a splinter group . 4. The factions are bitterly divided, and there are other Kurdish splinter groups . 5. However, fighting among rebel factions, splinter groups and tribal fighters has intensified. 6. A splinter group of Corsican nationalists had claimed responsibility for the slaying. 7. The group produced several splinter groups , and often collaborates with other Hello! 8. Trimble acknowledged that splinter groups on the pro-British side had weapons, too. 9. The captors, a splinter group , had demanded up to one million dollars. 10. Two other splinter groups have also broken away from the Muslim Brotherhood.