51.   The operation to reoccupy the former guerrilla haven offers some insight into the difficulties facing the army.

52.   Then, more than half of the Central Committee was replaced, with many pre-revolutionary Communists and former guerrilla combatants giving way to younger, less proven people.

53.   There has also been some speculation in recent weeks that the report was linked to the arrest of a former anti-apartheid guerrilla in Mozambique last month.

54.   There have been increasing reports in recent months of strain in the South African army, which tried to integrate thousands of former anti-apartheid guerrillas into its ranks.

55.   They are also under constant threat from both old comrades and right-wing gunmen, who have killed hundreds of former guerrillas.

56.   They supposed that the actual killing had been done by former guerrillas who were now nothing more than shiftless mercenaries.

57.   They felt safe in part because former guerrillas were joining a new civilian police force.

58.   Under their terms, leaders of the opposition who had left Guatemala were invited to return, and many have done so along with former guerrillas.

59.   Well past midnight, when even these women have disappeared, the only sound is the yearning voice of a young former guerrilla singing a karaoke love song.

60.   Other former guerrillas said that there were reports that Hekmatyar was in Kunar several weeks ago before moving to the southwest.