The PKK is a pan-Kurdish nationalist movement better known internationally for the guerillawar it has fought for nearly three decades against the government of Turkey.
Today, the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies are firmly entrenched in the wild frontier provinces in Pakistan, and are still sending men into Afghanistan to fight a guerillawar.
El Salvador wants to rid itself of its guerillawar reputation and glean a new image: fruit-filled jungles, coffee plantations, Pacific beaches and the multimillion dollar business of repairing Boeing-made jetliners.