1.   Armed leftist guerrillas attacked the official residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, and have holed up there with several hundred hostages.

2.   Arzu also supports the peace talks under way with leftist guerrillas to bring an end to a three-decade-old conflict.

3.   Astiz described in the interview how he had killed leftist guerrillas in shootouts, but he denied torturing anyone, as many people have claimed about him.

4.   Bands of leftist guerrillas and right-wing gunmen plague the countryside.

5.   Because leftist guerrilla groups in certain areas are involved in trafficking, Colombian officials openly say that some of the equipment will be used for fighting guerrillas.

6.   A conflict with leftist guerrillas, who have been waging war for nearly four decades, continues to intensify.

7.   A region of dense, sparsely populated jungle, Darien abuts an area of Colombia that has long been a battleground between the Colombian government and leftist guerrillas.

8.   Administration officials insist that the security assistance would be aimed primarily at fighting drug trafficking and not at counterinsurgency operations against leftist guerrilla groups.

9.   But a definitive peace agreement formalizing the end of hostilities between the armed forces and leftist guerrillas has yet to be concluded, leaving the country uneasy and impatient.

10.   But in Colombia, most journalists killed in recent decades had run afoul of drug smugglers, leftist guerrillas or right-wing henchmen.