Israel trained and equipped the force and carved out the area six years ago to prevent guerrilla incursions against Jewish settlements across the border.

While in command of No. 7 Squadron, Walsh saw action during the guerrilla incursions from Zambia into Rhodesia.

Confrontatins Gaining The civil defense groups, called rondas, are organized by the army to defend remote villages from guerrilla incursions.

To the south lies Colombia and its crime-ridden borders, featuring guerrilla incursions, cross-border drug villainy, refugees, and asylum seekers.

He favors a withdrawal of troops, although he suggests a gradual one, accompanied by a threat of harsh retaliation for any guerrilla incursions into northern Israel.

Then suddenly without warning, Vorster then proceeded to remove the contingent of South African police guarding the northern border against guerrilla incursions.

The Colombian conflict has already led to guerrilla incursions into Panama and Venezuela for safe haven.

And Venezuela, which has long complained of Colombian guerrilla incursions, has also beefed up its border guard, which now stands at an estimated 25,000 troops.

The 400-mile border of Ovamboland, where 52 percent of the Namibian population lives, is the main target for guerrilla incursions from Angola.

But he said Israel did not intend to expand the buffer zone it maintained north of its border with Lebanon to guard against guerrilla incursions.