21.   The shelling targeted Shiite villages facing an Israeli-occupied border enclave in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese officials said.

22.   Though it is never clear precisely why specific villages are targeted, often the militants want to take revenge on villagers who have joined government-armed self-defense groups.

23.   Though it is never clear precisely why specific villages are targeted, the militants often want to take revenge on residents who have joined government-armed self-defense groups.

24.   Thousands of others have made similar treks since the Serb military began targeting villages in late May in its campaign against the Kosovo Liberation Army.

25.   In Pakistani Kashmir, an official said three civilians were wounded when Indian small- and large-arms fire targeted villages in the district of Abbaspur.

26.   Indian troops also targeted several villages in the southern Kotli district.

27.   Indian troops were also targeting villages in Kahuta sector in the district of Bagh.

28.   But he knew the village was targeted because PKK separatists fighting for a separate homeland in Turkey set up a camp nearby at the beginning of the year.

29.   But other villages had been targeted too, he said.

30.   Deputy Commissioner Poonch Chaudhry Liaquat Hussain told AFP that small and large arms fire targeted villages in Abbaspur sector.