During the early 1980's, as El Salvador's rebel insurgency grew and the American aid program expanded, American advisers arrived, bent on reform.

Mr. Taylor and his aides say that the penalties, combined with a rebel insurgency, have forced them to spend everything they have on defense.

Large segments of the region were inaccessible to outside agencies as Ethiopian troops attempted to suppress the rebel insurgency.

Worse yet, the government forces charged with suppressing the rebel insurgency were full of renegade commanders who had aligned themselves with disaffected village chiefs.

His repressive policies over the last 10 years have fueled the rebel insurgency and robbed his government of legitimacy and credibility.

During much of that time, the United States armed and directed a rebel insurgency in Nicaragua.

The Bush administration had long counted on Mr. Garang to play a crucial part in resolving another rebel insurgency, the crisis in Darfur.

NATO hopes that its operation will defuse tensions and end the rebel insurgency.

However, construction progress was plagued by rebel insurgency in Southern Zaire, massive logistical challenges, large cost overruns, and financing delays.

The conflict is a complex one, part a clash between farmers and herders, partly a rebel insurgency and a military crackdown.