1. Rebels continue to observe the truce. 2. Although peace talks now are underway, FARC rebels refuse to observe a truce and attacked thirteen villages across the country. 3. Abdel Halim Izzedine, an Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, said his group would no longer observe the truce. 4. Arafat has demanded that Hamas and other militant groups observe the truce. 5. But Hamas and other militant groups have not pledged to observe the truce and staunchly oppose the U.S. air strikes against Afghanistan. 6. But both sides accuse each other of failing to observe previous truces. 7. Debre said that intelligence agents had prior information that separatist groups, which had been observing a truce for the past nine months, would reactivate. 8. Earlier Thursday, Sharon spoke by phone to Powell and complained that the Palestinians were not observing the truce, Israeli officials said. 9. Earlier this week, Sharon announced Israel was unilaterally observing a cease-fire, and on Friday urged Arafat to order his men to observe a truce as well. 10. Earlier, Troshev told the ITAR-Tass news agency that Maskhadov had agreed to observe the truce. |