21.   Some intermediaries sent to negotiate with the Khmer Rouge have not returned, said Bunheng, who added that government troops will attack the guerrillas if necessary.

22.   The military attacked the guerrillas as they tried to enter India from the Burmese side.

23.   The leftist PUK, one of the main Kurdish groups which have battled Baghdad for decades seeking autonomy, claims their guerrillas were attacked by the Iraqi army.

24.   The military has failed to negotiate their release through intermediaries, and public demands are mounting for the army to attack the guerrillas and end the standoff.

25.   With hopes of a cease-fire in south Lebanon on the wane, Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian guerrillas near the Syrian border and targeted roads and utilities.

26.   Elite troops attacked the guerrillas as they played five-a-side soccer in the reception hall turned into a makeshift athletic field, according to Gumucio.

27.   Elite troops attacked the guerrillas as they played indoor soccer in the reception hall turned into a makeshift athletic field, according to Gumucio.

28.   Troops fired back using automatic weapons and also called in airforce planes to attack the guerrillas, a military spokesman said.

29.   Only once they are in Chechnya and the hostages are freed should the guerrillas be attacked by security forces, Abdulatipov said.