11. Tamil rebels overran an isolated military base in eastern Sri Lanka early Sunday, and the air force sent in helicopters and warplanes to defend the fleeing soldiers. 12. The rebel statement said the fleeing soldiers left behind two tanks, an armored personnel carrier and several trucks mounted with machine guns. 13. The road north of Sanski Most to Prijedor was reported to be clogged with fleeing soldiers and civilians. 14. They responded by engaging the advancing armored column and later pursued the fleeing soldiers across the flat terrain. 15. Gasana noted that the fleeing Hutu soldiers also took communications equipment, archives and bank-notes into Zaire. 16. - US Marines began seizing weapons from fleeing Taliban soldiers and al-Qaeda fighters at checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, officers said. 17. The Zambian government meanwhile says it will give special refugee status to the fleeing soldiers caught with guns last week. 18. She also expressed concern at the security situation in the area following the arrest of eight fleeing soldiers who came into the country with arms and ammunition last week. |