51.   Rebel commanders and international observers say that in recent months rebel forces have received new weapons and more rebels are trained in using them.

52.   Rebel commanders did little to dispel government reports about murders and the growing of coca, the raw material of cocaine.

53.   Rebel commanders supplied NATO with target information during the bombing campaign.

54.   Rebel commanders, many with pistols tucked in shoulder holsters, moved in conversation up and down the central spiral staircase.

55.   Rebel military commanders often warn them of impending danger or protect them from attack.

56.   Rebel commanders continued negotiating with Taliban factions inside the besieged city, through intermediaries and by satellite phone.

57.   Rebel field commanders meeting with reporters late Sunday said that government helicopters were bombing and strafing rebel villages in the southernmost state of Chiapas.

58.   Rebel commanders and many ethnic Albanians were euphoric, predicting the imminent fall of major cities.

59.   Rebel commanders have boasted that their forces have only withdrawn temporarily and are reorganizing for a counterattack.

60.   Russian officials had previously said that a rebel commander who goes by the name of Yakub had been holding Gluck.