61. Nhek Bun Chay said he believed the guerrillas may have food supplies stored in the area but were not necessarily receiving new supplies from Thailand. 62. The anti-aircraft fire, which failed to hit the planes, came from the Iqlim al-Tuffah region where Shiite Muslim fundamentalist Hezbollah guerrillas have a stronghold. 63. The guerrillas have a notorious reputation for dealing with captives, whom they regard as symbols of foreign interference. 64. The guerrillas had many of their demands met during the five-day crisis in Budennovsk, including a ceasefire in Chechnya, and the beginning of talks. 65. The guerrillas have little heavy weaponry and are almost exclusively armed with anti-tank rockets and rifles. 66. The jets attacked Hezbollah targets in the Iqlim al-Tuffah ridge east of the port of Sidon, where the guerrillas have positions dug into the rock. |