21.   A western diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity in Paris, said Kabila had gone to the southern city of Lubumbashi, his former rebel base.

22.   Air force jets and naval gunboats pounded other rebel bases in the area, preventing rebel reinforcements from arriving.

23.   An Associated Press reporter visited the rebel bases Monday.

24.   Also Tuesday, Turkish warplanes pounded rebel bases in the northeastern corner of Iraq, the newspaper said.

25.   And Russian ground troops combing mountain areas during the weekend uncovered a rebel base near Shatoi, killing five rebels, the military claimed.

26.   At dawn, government jets took off from Colombo and bombed rebel bases near Thandikulam.

27.   Both the Zairian and Congolese governments publicly call for a peaceful solution to the Cabinda war, but they turn a blind eye to the rebel bases.

28.   Brodec was also the site of a rebel training base.

29.   Burundian officials say the camps serve as rebel bases and recruiting centers.

30.   But militants continue to stage hit-and-run attacks and plant mines virtually daily, and Russian forces fight back with artillery and aerial bombardment of suspected rebel bases.