The commanders denied yesterday that Mr. Guzman is a member of their organization.

Indian commanders angrily denied the refugee charges of looting or raping.

Soviet commanders in the area, however, denied the report.

Military commanders have denied that they gave weapons to Hizbullah.

A crew-member is discovered dead after finding himself unable to get out of a room and the commander denies autopsy.

At their news conference, the commanders did not deny this.

The militant commander later denied any involvement, but the bombings slowed.

The local commander denied the charge, but suspicion and anger have not ebbed.

Reinforcements were reported headed for the buffer zone, although commanders denied that a major retaliation was planned.

The military commanders denied such support, and pointed that even if they accepted, their soldiers would mutiny against such orders.