The US is concerned that the weapons are intended for domestic militias or foreign guerillas. |
Many innocent civilians have been caught in the middle of a war between the country's military and the guerillas. |
Sources said the guerillas had suffered heavy casualties too as the military pounded rebel positions with artillery barrages. |
As a group, private-sector actors would seem more amenable to moral suasion than are either state leaders or guerillas. |
From time to time there would be executions of guerillas taken prisoner by government forces. |
The military power employed went beyond American troops engaged in fighting guerillas. |