In what may represent a widening of Turkey's war against the P.K.K., Turkish forces allegedly pursued guerrillas into Iran last week.

The province of Tunceli has been a battleground this winter, where some 40,000 Turkish troops are pursuing guerrillas who may number up to 3,000, by estimates of Western diplomats.

Turkish officials said troops backed by armor were pursuing guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party deep inside northern Iraq.

Iraqi troops pursuing rebellious Kurdish guerrillas dug in today at their border with Turkey, hoisting aloft their banners to assert authority over an area the rebels had long claimed to control themselves.

An Asian diplomat said in an interview that in the last few months, Beijing had also given Rangoon permission to pursue guerrillas into China.

The film was popular with Pakistani audiences, and it "presents Rushdie as a Rambo-like figure pursued by four Pakistani guerrillas".

For more than a year, the King's operated in small groups pursuing guerrillas in the Burmese jungle.

The move followed a secessionist struggle during which Siad Barre's forces pursued rebel guerrillas in the territory.

The Government's determination to continue pursuing Kurdish guerrillas was made clear today as an estimated 3,000 Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq to attack what officers say are guerrilla sanctuaries.

So the army is doling out aid while pursuing guerrillas.