1.   Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces.

2.   Although security forces blamed the militants for the blaze, the rebels said the government troops were responsible.

3.   Another rebel said the FARC planned to retaliate soon against government forces.

4.   Armey, the rebels say, attended those conversations with several other leaders.

5.   As the official announcement was being made, Congo rebels said their positions in the north were being bombed by government troops.

6.   But last week the rebels said the camp was a base of operations for the Zairean Army, raising fears the insurgents would attack it.

7.   But rebels say their chief frustration is not losing to the president when he vetoes a bill, but watching their own leadership give up without a fight.

8.   But the rebels have said talks would have to include the issue of Basque sovereignty.

9.   But the rebels say no.

10.   But the rebels said they were planning still more bombings, and Grozny, the Chechen capital, was rife with rumors that it was about to be attacked.