31.   They traded artillery fire with government forces inside the city.

32.   ...fighting between rebels and government forces.

33.   Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces.

34.   Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels.

35.   Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages.

36.   All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.

37.   This, it was claimed, stemmed from a misconception about the freedom of operation afforded to the Khmers Rouges by the Phnom Penh government forces.

38.   Meanwhile reports emerged of the destruction in late October of a refugee camp by government forces at Hilat Shouk on the outskirts of Khartoum.

39.   Despite the military superiority of the government forces, the rebels continued to hold on to territory in the south.

40.   According to the reports the government forces had acted with great ruthlessness and had executed large numbers of guerrillas and civilians.