The BBC's Dan Collyns in Lima says soldiers killed in the attack were part of that operation, which is focused on isolated jungle in the Ene-Apurimac valley - a hotbed for traffickers and guerrillas.

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Miroljub Labus, the Yugoslav deputy prime minister, has said he believes it should be possible to negotiate some sizeable debt relief within four months, but not if the country is again isolated because of its lack of co-operation with the court at The Hague, and not if a complex divorce with Montenegro also has to be arranged.

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America also badly needs Britain's co-operation, both as proof that America is not isolated (Britain has 12, 000 soldiers in Iraq, far more than any other American ally) and for Mr Blair's skills as a salesman to the rest of the world.

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Even on the question of the third pillar, which governs co-operation in justice and home affairs, Britain is not isolated.

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