1.   Elephant Pass is a narrow strip of land connecting the mainland to the peninsula and is the site of the most heavily fortified military base in the country.

2.   Over the years, they dug dozens of caves and high mountain outposts, turning the rocky slopes into a fortified base of operations.

3.   At night, the Russians often pull back to fortified bases, giving up territory they have just taken.

4.   Homemade mortars are favored by the Irish Republican Army to strike the fortified bases used by the British army and police.

5.   The strikes devastated two heavily fortified bases that had been guarding the southern approach, damaged tanks and artillery sites and destroyed an ammunition depot, Khan said.

6.   U.S. jets mounted fierce attacks throughout the night, devastating two heavily fortified bases that had been guarding the southern approach, said Khan, the opposition commander.

7.   Western military officials say the newly aligned force could dig in and protect civilian enclaves from fortified bases.

8.   The ULFA, fighting for an independent homeland, operates out of fortified bases in southern Bhutan to carry out hit-and-run guerrilla strikes on federal soldiers in Assam.

9.   The ULFA, fighting for an independent homeland in Assam, has been operating for years out of heavily fortified bases inside Bhutan.

10.   The NDFB, fighting for an independent tribal homeland, operates out of fortified bases inside Bhutan to carry out their hit-and-run guerrilla strikes on targets in Assam.