31.   Chiri said the KLA had been instructed not to carry weapons, with the exception of the local commander and his deputy, who were allowed to carry sidearms.

32.   During his interrogation last week, Pinochet said he was innocent and that any executions committed by the squad were the responsibility of local commanders.

33.   During the worst of the massacres, Tomas was local commander for Huehuetenango.

34.   Even so, some local commanders believe this conflict between Afghans will play out like others.

35.   Even before the arrival of the Northern Alliance contingent, many local commanders were smarting because they had been excluded from the battle.

36.   Government officials have said one or more other Arabs who had been hiding in the city disappeared with a local commander about two weeks ago.

37.   Haubold said the investigation will be conducted by local commanders at the language institute.

38.   He said reports that Mullah Naqibullah, a local Pashtun commander to whom Omar surrendered the city, was sheltering the Taliban leader were false.

39.   His go-between was an International Red Cross delegate in Arauca state, who knew a local FARC commander.

40.   In addition, government officials and foreign diplomats contend, the military controls criminal enterprises that have enriched senior members of the general staff and local commanders.