1.   The rebels were supported by a number of foreign governments who provided arms and money.

2.   And just as the rebels are supported by ethnic Tutsi, Kabila is largely supported by Hutu.

3.   Angola drew international attention during the Cold War as the Cubans and Soviets supported the government and the United States and apartheid South Africa supported the rebels.

4.   As many as half of the dead were noncombatants killed because they supported the rebels, residents said.

5.   Alabanian officials say they support the rebels politically and morally, but not militarily.

6.   But now the governments of Rwanda and Uganda have been accused of supporting the rebels.

7.   Dorcas said the international community should impose a ban on the sale of ammunition and weapons to Sierra Leone and nations suspected of supporting the rebels.

8.   Failing that, he said, the Western nations should support the rebels directly.

9.   Few Colombians support the rebels, according to polls, and many have concluded that government forces cannot defeat them.

10.   He also denied his government was covertly supporting the rebels.