11.   India says Pakistan backs Islamic guerrillas who cross the Kashmir frontier to carry out bombings and armed assaults on civilians and security forces in Indian territory.

12.   Ioseliani, the deputy security minister, insisted the central government in Tbilisi is not backing the guerrillas.

13.   Iran is a close ally of Syria and backs Hezbollah guerrillas battling Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

14.   Ioseliani, the deputy security minister, said the central government in Tbilisi was not backing the guerrillas.

15.   Libya, often accused of backing guerrillas, plotting terror attacks and meddling in affairs far from home, says it acted out of humanitarian concern.

16.   Mousavian denied that Iran backs guerrillas who have carried out terrorist attacks against Israel.

17.   Pakistan denies Afghan government accusations of backing the guerrillas, known as the Taliban.

18.   Friends also offer him high marks for arguing that the United States had a moral obligation to help Afghanistan, after backing guerrillas that forced out the Soviets.

19.   Iran backs Hezbollah guerrillas who spearhead anti-Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon.

20.   Ankara denies allegations that it backs the guerrillas, but the Chechen cause has wide support in Turkey, especially in Islamic circles in this predominantly Muslim country.