11.   The government appeared to be acting under international pressure and threats from Israel to prevent guerrillas in southern Lebanon from firing across the tense border.

12.   The military said naval forces were surrounding the island to prevent the guerrillas from fleeing or receiving reinforcements.

13.   The Turkish army has been carrying out frequent offensives against PKK bases in Turkey and in northern Iraq to prevent the guerrillas from taking shelter in the mountains.

14.   Turkey also has been negotiating with local Iraqi Kurdish leaders to establish authority over the area and prevent Turkish guerrillas from setting up camps.

15.   Israel occupies a strip of land just north of the international border aimed at preventing guerrillas from launching attacks into its territory from Lebanon.

16.   BSF troops cordoned off the area to conduct a house-to-house search for militants while a helicopter hovered overhead to prevent guerrillas from escaping, police said.

17.   The army has banned Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon from using cellular phones to prevent Hezbollah guerrillas from finding out about troop movements, military sources said Wednesday.

18.   The Israeli censor banned any mention of the precise area where the rockets had fallen in order to prevent guerrillas from being able to realign their rocket launchers.

19.   The Jewish state patrols a unilaterally created buffer zone there whose purpose, it says, is to prevent guerrillas from striking over the border at northern Israel.