31.   Under the ceasefire, Israeli forces would not target Lebanese villages.

32.   Poonch deputy commissioner Liaquat Hussain told AFP by telephone that India had targeted half a dozen villages in the southern district which had been comparatively quiet since last Tuesday.

33.   Razzaq said Indian troops started targeting the villages in Nakyal sector from mid-afternoon with machineguns and mortars.

34.   Police mainly targeted villages bordering desert areas around the town, where militants often use mountain caves as hideouts.

35.   Russian military sources cited by ITAR-TASS insisted they were not targeting villages but aiming solely at heavily forested hills sheltering the separatists.

36.   Russian officials have insisted they are not targeting Chechen villages, only the rebel positions in surrounding hills.

37.   The deputy commissioner for Poonch district, Chaudhry Liaquat Hussain, told AFP that small and large-arms fire targeted villages in Abbaspur sector.

38.   The deputy commissioner for Poonch district, Chaudhry Liaquat Hussain, told AFP that small and large arms fire targeted villages in Abbaspur sector.