11.   The Russians are trying to push south into the gorge and destroy the rebel bases on both sides of it.

12.   The Russians are trying to push south into a gorge and destroy rebel bases on both sides.

13.   They fear dying for simply coming from Calamar, which the paramilitaries label a rebel support base.

14.   Peiris criticized previous governments for not attacking at the main rebel bases.

15.   A Chechen negotiator and top military commander, Gen. Aslan Maskhadov, meanwhile left Grozny for rebel bases in the mountains of southern Chechnya.

16.   A Defense Ministry statement acknowledged that air force planes had last week bombed rebel bases but said targets were carefully selected.

17.   A Defense Ministry statement admitted that air force planes had last week bombed rebel bases but said targets were carefully selected.

18.   A rebel base in Mullaittivu and eight boats ferrying guerrillas across the Jaffna lagoon were completely destroyed in the air attacks, Dunuwille said.

19.   A military spokesman, Col. Ihsan Ongun, told a briefing at the foreign ministry that the operation would continue until all Kurdish rebel bases were wiped out.

20.   A Western diplomat in Paris, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Kabila was in Lubumbashi, his former rebel base, but had no further information.