11.   A retaliatory strike was launched, but there was no information on rebel casualties, the report said.

12.   An army spokesman, Col. Ricardo Contreras, said there appeared to be rebel casualties in the Yari operation, but he did not have further details.

13.   Anti-narcotics police in helicopters shot back at a large rebel force guarding a cocaine processing laboratory on Monday, inflicting heavy rebel casualties, police said.

14.   Arman gave no rebel casualties.

15.   But Major I.N.K. Dewage, a military spokesman, said he receieved the Tamil rebel casualties by intercepting rebel radio communications.

16.   But the rebel casualties were not known.

17.   Col. Samuel Gahiro, commander of the First Military District in Bujumbura, said the attack was repulsed, but did not give rebel casualties.

18.   Contreras said the army believed there were rebel casualties in the Yari operation, but did not know how many.

19.   Details about rebel casualties in those attacks were not available.

20.   Details about rebel casualties were not available.