1.   As had happened elsewhere around the globe, the Soviet Union backed a leftist insurgency and the United States sided with the right-wing government in power.

2.   A university administrator with little political experience, he promised to lead the country out of a severe crisis triggered by a tottering economy and a growing leftist insurgency.

3.   Such incidents, however, were never reported by the press in El Salvador, which Privett said was controlled by the government that was fighting a leftist insurgency.

4.   The Zapatista uprising also led to a plan for adapting the forces to face leftist insurgencies.

5.   Though the military said it was fighting a leftist insurgency, it often detained, tortured and killed people perceived simply as potential critics or as friends of critics.

6.   A copy of the proposal praised the agency, known by its Spanish acronym SIN, for helping defeat leftist insurgencies and keeping the peace with regional neighbors.

7.   A leftist insurgency strengthened by drug crop proceeds further complicates options for Pastrana, whose peace initiative is stalled.

8.   Both, which started as leftist insurgencies decades ago, make huge sums from extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking.

9.   Critics accuse the military of working with the AUC in its fight against the leftist insurgency.

10.   Fujimori put an end to the economic chaos and defeated the leftist insurgencies.