1.   As Brazilian officials acknowledge, rebels regularly cross the border to buy food and medicine because Brazilian border settlements are easily accessible and they need not fear capture there.

2.   Military analysts express amazement at how easily the rebels crossed into Dagestan, and how slowly the Russian military reacted.

3.   The crisis in Dagestan began last month when Islamic rebels crossed into the Botlikh region of the Russian republic from Chechnya, vowing to create an Islamic state.

4.   But Buyoya, who seized power in a military coup last year, has accused him of being pro-Hutu and allowing Hutu rebels to cross the border.

5.   But rebels frequently cross a lagoon to the Jaffna Peninsula from their jungle bases on the mainland and attack military patrols.

6.   Colombian rebels often cross the Venezuelan border to kidnap and extort Venezuelan ranchers and businessmen.

7.   Most of the attacks take place in mountainous northwestern Rwanda where the rebels have been crossing back and forth from neighboring Congo.

8.   Most of rebel attacks and ambushes have been centered in northwestern Rwanda, where rebels cross easily in and out from neighboring Congo.

9.   Most of the rebel attacks and army operations have been centered in the northwest, where the rebels frequently cross from neighboring Congo.

10.   Most of the rebel attacks and army operations have been centered in the northwest, where the rebels frequently cross from Congo.