The periods oftimeset by the arbitraltribunal for the communication ofwrittenstatements (including the statement ofClaimandstatement of Defence) should not exceedforty-fivedays.
Wednesday's Ministry ofDefencestatement said the army, police and other security agencies had begun operations to "rid the nation's border territories of terrorist bases and activities".
In a statement, the Ministry ofDefence said it did not "ordinarily comment" on UK Special Forces and added it saw "no reason to change our policy on this occasion".