111.   The UN Protection Force was unable to confirm Serb charges that a government offensive was underway because of lack of observers in the area.

112.   They said there were no guarantees that a diplomatic offensive would be successful.

113.   They said that some soldiers believed a government offensive was imminent.

114.   Three of four Maoist training camps have been destroyed at Lisne in Rolpa and the offensive was still continuing, the source said.

115.   Washington said the offensive was an act of self-defence, while Moscow called for measures to halt the attacks.

116.   Maskhadov said the present Chechen offensive was not the work of renegades, unlike the August attack, but a planned military offensive.

117.   Speaking after an initial round of talks with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sharon said the offensive was a necessary effort by Israel to root out terrorism.

118.   The current Russian commander, General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, said in an interview with NTV that he believed the current military offensive was preferrable to peace talks.

119.   The government offensive was prepared with heavy artillery activity in the whole region.

120.   The Iraqi offensive against Arbil was the largest show of force by Saddam in Iraqi Kurdistan for five years.