11. This development has left open the possibility of a three-way war between the government, the renegade faction and the hardliners. 12. Villagers and government agents had reported seeing him near Anlong Veng, but in September an official with the renegade faction said the hardliners had executed him. 13. Khmer Rouge fighters loyal to the central leadership launched a major attack Tuesday against a renegade faction in northwest Cambodia, senior military sources said. 14. Members of a renegade faction of the Khmer Rouge said they had no explanation for the abrupt cut-off. 15. Officials of the renegade faction, which has not yet completed peace negotiations with the government, suggested Thursday that the explosion could have been an accident. 16. Since they split with the hardliners, the renegade faction and other Khmer Rouge in the northwest have been courted separtely by FUNCINPEC and the CPP. 17. Somali clan leaders called Monday for world powers to intercept a massive shipload of arms and counterfeit banknotes headed for a renegade faction leader intent on devastating the country. 18. Tea Banh said negotiations with the Khmer Rouge were continuing and that the army was ready to assist the renegade faction in case they were attacked by loyalists. 19. The assistance provided by Phnom Penh, which included food, was the first direct military aid to the renegade faction since it split with the hardliners in mid-August. 20. The Cambodian government and a renegade faction of the Khmer Rouge have agreed to a peace settlement, co-Premier Hun Sen said Saturday. |