It also said that government attacks had rendered the port "non-functional".

The paper said about 230 guerrillas were still holding out against the main thrust of the government attack.

On 12 March a new government attack got underway, and loyalist forces were reported to be 10-15 kilometers from the city center.

You have got to show the police that you attend one meet- ing a month to listen to government attacks on our church.

They'll say it was an orchestrated government attack, which I don't believe for a second.

"David Dinkins issues a report on child welfare and we can respond to it - that's a government attack," he said.

Politically, Briggs drew comparisons between government attacks on white and black radicals.

A female secret service agent was quartered because she denounced government attacks on the press.

Also, a few days before the government attack, the rebels claimed to have killed 30 soldiers when they attacked a military checkpoint outside the town.

The government attacks on villagers are a calculated attempt at destroying support for the guerrillas.