1. A military spokesman said troops were bracing for hand-to-hand combat to dislodge the guerrillas from mountain positions. 2. But Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee says his troops will continue fighting until the guerrillas are dislodged. 3. Despite its claims of Khmer Rouge weakness, the government remains unable to dislodge the guerrillas from their strongholds or to pacify large areas of the countryside. 4. For weeks, India and Pakistan have trading heavy artillery barrages along the disputed frontier as India has tried to dislodge Islamic guerrillas from mountaintops in the Himalayan region. 5. For the past two months, Indian forces have waged a blistering campaign to dislodge the guerrillas from mountain peaks the rebels seized in early May. 6. India has waged a campaign and used aircraft in recent days to dislodge guerrillas from the disputed frontier. 7. India succeeded in dislodging the guerrillas, but skirmishes and shelling have continued along the cease-fire line that divides the Himalayan territory between India and Pakistan. 8. Israel launched the military offensive last month in an effort to dislodge Hezbollah guerrillas, who were firing Katyusha rockets into northern Israel. 9. The government forces have been unable to dislodge the guerrillas, who are fewer in number but better trained for fighting in mountainous terrain. 10. The latest dry-season offensive by the Cambodian army failed to dislodge the guerrillas from their stronghold in Pailin, a gem center in western Cambodia. |