51.   The town has also been able to maintain critical links to rear bases, such as Gudermes and Shali, that have fed it reinforcements and supplies.

52.   The UNSCOM delegation arrived late Thursday in the Bahraini capital of Manama, a rear base for UN teams travelling to Iraq, for an overnight stopover.

53.   The troops were sent across the border three years ago with the officially stated aim of wiping out Burundian Hutu rebels and their rear bases in the DRC.

54.   The victories of the Tutsi-led rebels have wiped out rear bases used by guerrillas attacking all three countries.

55.   Turkey has alleged that PKK, which operates from rear bases in Iraq, enjoys support in Syria.

56.   Turkey has regularly sent troops into the area to crush PKK rebels using the area as a rear base.

57.   Turkey has several times pushed into northern Iraq to attack areas which it charges are used as rear bases by the PKK.

58.   Tripoli has been accused of backing the MDJT by allowing the rebels to maintain rear bases in Libyan territory.

59.   Turkey on Monday launched a massive offensive against PKK rear bases in northern Iraq in what Ankara said was its biggest military operation outside its borders.

60.   Tripoli has been accused of backing the MDJT by allowing the rebels to have rear bases in Libyan territory.