The Khmer Rouge have also repeatedly taken peacekeepers hostage, a reminder of the movement's brutal tactics when it ruled the country from 1975 through 1978.

The VRS took the French peacekeepers hostage.

That could push the Serbs to take more British and French peacekeepers hostage.

By taking hundreds of peacekeepers hostage, using them as human shields and calling them "prisoners of war," the Bosnian Serbs have declared war on the world.

Unless you're willing to lead and bleed, they say, you have no right to anger the Serbs who could take our peacekeepers hostage.

In a communique, the regional leaders condemned the Revolutionary United Front for taking the peacekeepers hostage and called for their immediate release.

Denying that the group was holding any peacekeepers hostage, he added, "They are scattered in the bush because they do not know the terrain."

The fact that the Serbs had already taken scores of French peacekeepers hostage in other positions the previous day certainly contributed to the French mood of resolve.

During their offensive, the Serbs have taken hundreds of United Nations peacekeepers hostage, and blockaded food and fuel convoys.

A6 Khmer Rouge guerrillas have taken 19 peacekeepers hostage.