1.   A slew of ethnic groups waging insurgencies against the Burmese government are based along the Thai border.

2.   Algerians who fought in the Afghanistan civil war have returned to their country to join extremists waging an insurgency against the military-backed regime.

3.   Annan gathered together Congolese leader Laurent-Desire Kabila, as well as the leaders of Uganda and Rwanda, who are supporting rebels waging an insurgency in Congo.

4.   Both countries support rebels waging an insurgency in the Congo.

5.   Both Rwanda and Uganda support rebels waging an insurgency in the Congo.

6.   India accuses Pakistan of supporting Islamic militant groups waging an insurgency in the Indian-ruled portion of Kashmir.

7.   India also accuses Pakistan of arming and training militants waging an insurgency in its part of Kashmir.

8.   Interior Minister Charles Pasqua has overseen a crackdown on French-based Muslims suspected of aiding Islamic militants in Algeria waging an insurgency against the army-backed government.

9.   Islamic militants waging an insurgency in Algeria, a former French colony, have been prime suspects in the bomb wave.

10.   Many returned to their homes in Egypt, Algeria and several Gulf countries to wage insurgencies of their own against governments they said were secular and pro-American.