1.   In practice, however, the charismatic guerrilla fighter was the glue that held the remaining anti-Taliban forces together.

2.   Notably absent from the party committee was Rodrigo Asturias, alias Gaspar Ilom, the most charismatic guerrilla leader during the six-year peace negotiations.

3.   The charismatic former guerrilla fighter follows ANC lawmaker Cyril Ramaphosa into the white-dominated business sector.

4.   Xanana Gusmao, a charismatic former separatist guerrilla leader, is likely to become the first president.

5.   Gusmao, a charismatic former anti-Indonesia guerrilla commander, has been widely tipped to sweep the polls.