11.   A rebel commander, Raul Reyes, said on Colombian radio that he did not have any information about the hijacking.

12.   A senior rebel commander reported badly wounded.

13.   A Western official who had seen Ceku in his mountain headquarters said rebel commanders had appeared deferential to the general.

14.   Across this mountainous pocket of northeastern Afghanistan, the fiery zeal that rebel commanders and soldiers once displayed may be faltering.

15.   Albanese said the killings, which he said may have involved soldiers from Rwanda, was organized by a rebel commander with the nom de guerre of Shetani.

16.   Albanian politicians issued standard statements, and only one, the former rebel commander Ramush Haradinaj, condemned the bus bomb as an act of terrorism.

17.   Agreements, including the one here, are forwarded to top rebel commanders for approval.

18.   But a rebel commander, Jonas Padiri, strongly denied that any massacre took place.

19.   But all the main rebel commanders remain at large, and Russian casualties, mostly from mines and snipers, mount by the day.

20.   But a rebel commander said Friday that the ambush signals the beginning of a protracted guerrilla war.