1.   Armed Islamic rebels in army uniforms set up false checkpoints, shooting soldiers, government officials and others.

2.   As his ordeal continued, the Russians mounted their military campaign against Islamic rebels.

3.   Battered by government forces and worn down by six years of war, Islamic rebels in Algeria last week for the first time called for a truce.

4.   But especially since the conflict with the Islamic rebels began, the liberties inscribed in the constitution have often proved more theoretical than real.

5.   But in recent conflicts between Russian forces and Islamic rebels, the federal command has relied on OMON detachments.

6.   But Shamanov has vowed that the Islamic rebels in Grozny will not survive the winter.

7.   Dagestan was invaded by Chechen-based Islamic rebels in August, the first blow in what has become a raging war.

8.   Earlier this month, Putin suggested that Islamic rebels in Uzbekistan and other former Soviet republics in Central Asia were receiving support from foreign sources.

9.   Farther afield, the Taliban are accused of helping Islamic rebels in Chechnya, to the fury of Russia, and in Kashmir, to the fury of India.

10.   He referred to the Chechen Islamic rebels as bandits and terrorists who now threaten Russia but who could grow to threaten other nations as well.