51.   Commanders from the West African defense force, known as ECOMOG, said the rebels were using civilians as human shields, slowing down government efforts to dislodge them.

52.   Congolese rebels use hijacked pilots, planes to fly troops.

53.   Colombian rebels use hostages to try to attract international attention.

54.   Critics say she failed to comprehend the delicate intricacies of negotiation, and did not heed warnings that the rebels would use the truce to rebuild.

55.   Croatian forces who crossed into Bosnia took control Friday of a key route used by rebel Serbs to supply their stronghold in southwestern Croatia.

56.   During the past kidnappings, the rebels often used privately owned RMN, based in Zamboanga city, to pass messages.

57.   During the past kidnappings, the rebels often used the privately owned radio to pass messages.

58.   Ethnic Albanian rebels used anti-aircraft machine guns and other infantry weapons Sunday to attack Serbian police positions near the volatile boundary with Kosovo.

59.   Five slabs of TNT were packed with ball bearings that could have scattered like shrapnel, a technique Tamil rebels have used in other bombings.

60.   Gato denied reports that the rebels were using scorched-earth tactics of burning entire villages to force people to seek shelter in cities.