41.   Last week, Russian officials and Chechen fighters said another top rebel commander, the Arab-born guerrilla fighter called Khattab, had been killed in March.

42.   Many former rebel commanders and foot soldiers now work at the canneries.

43.   Most of the fighting took place in remote jungles with impassable roads and decrepit communications, and rebel commanders barred journalists and aid workers from the combat zone.

44.   Nobody doubts the educational background of President Yoweri Museveni, the cerebral former rebel commander who graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

45.   On Thursday night, it was not immediately clear what reaction might follow the death of the rebel commander known as Leshi.

46.   On Saturday, Ernest Likongo, the rebel commander in charge of the region, gave his account of what happened.

47.   Once inside the town hall, the two rebel commanders killed the second police officer.

48.   Other killings of rebel commanders and political rivals ascribed to Thaci are attributed to a struggle to consolidate control and eliminate potential challengers.

49.   Other rebel commanders are believed to have served in the Zairian army.

50.   Other rebel commanders said to have been killed were Aslanbek Ismailov and Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov.