11.   Both sides took casualties, with at least one death among the Bosnian Croat police who gave chase to the Islamic volunteers, Rumgay said.

12.   The presence of several hundred Islamic volunteers fighting with the Bosnian Moslems against the Bosnian Serbs has been known for more than a year.

13.   US commanders deployed in Bosnia had expressed particular concern over the presence of Islamic volunteers in the country.

14.   Members of Pasdaran -- the Revolutionary Guard -- as well as Islamic militant volunteers known as Bassiji head out in small teams to reinforce rescue efforts.

15.   Parliament also decided to provide special financial incentives for members of the Islamic volunteers militia and other political cadres and give them a greater role in economic management.

16.   The inference of this is that the foreigners were Islamic volunteers.