31.   A police officer said the conditions of detention were rough for the three westerners as they were being held in a guerrilla jungle base during the heavy monsoon rains.

32.   But until he emerged from his jungle base in eastern Sierra Leone in May, very little was known about the secretive guerrilla leader.

33.   But the militants have been able to harrass troops with hit-and-run attacks from jungle bases.

34.   Chief military spokesman Sarath Munasinghe said the clashes were triggered as the army advanced towards LTTE jungle bases.

35.   The officials said one soldier was crushed and seriously wounded by a wild elephant as he advanced towards jungle bases of the LTTE in the district of Batticaloa.

36.   The stepped up attacks came even as the army continued a search and destroy operation against LTTE jungle bases in the sprawling eastern province.

37.   The three backpackers are being held at a Khmer Rouge jungle base on nearby Phnom Vour mountain.

38.   They were sentenced to death but Pol Pot is now thought to live in a jungle base on the Thai border.

39.   They were sentenced to death but Pol Pot is now believed to be living in a jungle base on the Thai border.

40.   Khmer Rouge remnants flee to jungle bases on the Thai border, from which they conduct attacks on Vietnamese troops.