1.   In addition, the killings of unarmed civilians by soldiers may only work to swell the guerrilla ranks.

2.   In many villages, it was the women who first rose up against Shining Path by hiding their sons from forced recruitment into the guerrilla ranks.

3.   Instead, they will try to make it a costly and protracted effort for the military, hoping to retain credibility among the guerrilla ranks and the Tamil population.

4.   The defectors will be allowed into the government military and the civil service, it said, receiving posts commensurate with their guerrilla ranks and experience.

5.   In Lubumbashi, some government soldiers came over to the guerrilla ranks.

6.   The broadcast appeared aimed at convincing listeners that the split in guerrilla ranks was a minor irritant and had not seriously affected Khmer Rouge activities.