41.   Syria could also give its backing to Palestinian guerrillas or the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia to escalate attacks against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.

42.   Talk of dismantling small, isolated settlements was also growing this week, as Islamic militants opposed to the Israel-PLO peace process escalate attacks on Israelis.

43.   Tamil rebels have escalated attacks during the past weeks to prevent the military from amassing troops in Jaffna Peninsula for an expected major offensive against the guerrilla stronghold.

44.   Terrorists need to escalate attacks.

45.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the northeast to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in the Jaffna Peninsula for an expected major offensive against the rebel stronghold.

46.   The Free Aceh Movement, a small rebel group fighting for a separate Islamic state in Aceh, escalated attacks to press a boycott of the election.

47.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the east to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in Jaffna Peninsula for an expected major offensive on the northern rebel stronghold.

48.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the east to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in the northern Jaffna Peninsula for an expected major offensive against the rebel stronghold.

49.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the northeast to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in the northern Jaffna Peninsula for any major offensive against the rebel stronghold.

50.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the northeast to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in the northern Jaffna Peninsula.