1.   Opposition fighters frequently raid government positions from their bases in the eastern mountains and in neighboring Afghanistan.

2.   Elsewhere rebel fighters raided a Turkish town, causing havoc but no reported deaths among civilians or soldiers, a private television station reported.

3.   Last summer, several hundred Islamic fighters raided Kyrgyzstan, engaging government troops and holding a dozen hostages for more than two months.

4.   The fighters raided a village and were accused of shooting down a helicopter carrying United Nations military observers.

5.   The latest violence in Abkhazia began last week when alleged Georgian and Chechen fighters raided a village.

6.   The spiraling violence began last week when alleged Georgian and Chechen fighters raided a village.

7.   The spiraling violence in the region began last week when alleged Georgian and Chechen fighters raided a village.

8.   The violence began last week when alleged Georgian and Chechen fighters raided a village.

9.   DKBO fighters reportedly raided several of the refugee camps inside Thailand last month, sometimes abducting refugees and sometimes burning down their houses to force them out.

10.   Previously, he said, opposition fighters raided merchants bringing goods into Chechnya, which is under a Russian economic blockade.