11.   It controls many rural areas and often raids small towns, but lacks the military might needed to seriously threaten the government.

12.   Now, Serb forces are on the outskirts of Bihac, planes based in Croatia have raided Bosnian towns and artillery has shelled Bosnian government territory.

13.   Rebels periodically raid small towns in Colombia.

14.   Rebels periodically raid small towns in Colombia, but do not pose a serious military threat to the government.

15.   The army sent reinforcements to the mountainous region last week after rebels raided a town, blew up the police station with dynamite and stole money from the bank.

16.   The guerrillas fight almost daily skirmishes with Colombian security forces, kidnap foreigners and wealthy Colombians for ransom and periodically raid small towns.

17.   The FARC controls many rural areas and often raids small towns, but has yet to threaten the government seriously.

18.   The fighting between rebels and federal troops spread to Dagestan last month when a group of Chechen fighters raided a town and seized hostages.

19.   The government considers such autonomous municipalities illegal and provocative, and has raided several towns to break them up.

20.   Uniformed rebels posing as soldiers raided a town in southern Colombia on Friday and killed an army captain.