41. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, are believed responsible for the kidnapping because they control the region, he said. 42. The SRRC controls the region west of Hiiraan, with help from Ethiopian forces. 43. The Usora region is controlled by Croats. 44. Their commanders ordered an end to blockades and turned over the job to U.S. special forces and the local factions controlling the region. 45. Those regions are controlled by rebels of the Liberian Peace Council, the National Patriotic Front and Ulimo. 46. Thomson declined to identify the nationalities of the peacekeepers who were shot at, but the region is controlled mostly by French, German and Italian troops. 47. U.N. agencies and aid groups have had to cooperate with whichever faction controls the region where they work. 48. Zepa is one of three enclaves in eastern Bosnia that have kept local Serbs from fully controlling the region, which borders Serbia. 49. Franks reportedly had expressed frustration that local Afghan forces were unable to control the region along the Pakistani border. 50. However, the two groups which jointly control the region have not yet signed a peace agreement to resolve their struggle over power and tax revenues. |