1.   A businessman surveyed his empty shop, wondering where he could get the credit to replace the computers and electronic equipment that looters had taken.

2.   It is likely that some missing equipment was taken by looters other than Israeli troops.

3.   At his missionary house in Makeni, looters took everything.

4.   In some areas, however, looters took advantage of the confusion to steal food from damaged markets.

5.   The looters took every item out of the four-meter-by-three-meter shop before they burned it down.

6.   Clashes have occurred between civilians supporting the different sides and looters have taken advantage of the violence.

7.   Looters had taken advantage of the situation to rampage through shops, but they were not part of the guerrilla force, he said.