81.   Military officials, meanwhile, on Tuesday denied reports that Russian forces carried out operations against rebel bases in villages in southeastern Chechnya.

82.   Murad said the MILF will permanently withdraw from peace talks and attack government targets all over Mindanao if the military attacks Abubakar, the main rebel base in Maguindanao.

83.   Most areas along this shore are held by the militants, and Mullaittivu serves as the main rebel base.

84.   Navy gunboats shelled a Tamil rebel base in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the first offensive since guerrillas broke off a truce and peace talks two days ago.

85.   No rebel casualty figures were immediately available, but warplanes reportedly bombed four rebel bases.

86.   On Monday, news agencies quoted federal command officials as saying Russians had attacked the villages of Vedeno and Dargo, two rebel bases.

87.   On Monday, the air force destroyed a rebel base north of Elephant Pass in the peninsula.

88.   Previously, NATO teams were in northeastern Macedonia near a former rebel training base.

89.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller said the operation would continue until all the Kurdish rebel bases were wiped out.

90.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller said in an interview with the Sabah daily that the operation would continue until all Kurdish rebel bases in the area were wiped out.