The plan, begun last month after an initial failed effort in June, involves military sweeps of violent neighborhoods, generally after fighters have already fled.

The only traces of its former inhabitant that remained after an American military sweep were several used cotton swabs and an empty black plastic bag.

If police action is not sufficient to stop the guerrilla fighters, military sweeps may be necessary.

"They could not stand up to another military sweep," said a senior Government official who also asked for anonymity.

During a military "sweep" of the villages in early 1949, they found most villages empty.

In Baghdad, the restaurant was bombed after a six-day military sweep against insurgents in Husayba, a western city.

His top aides were also killed in the military sweep.

The extremely unusual protests took place on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the Soviet military sweep into Afghanistan.

The short-term security gains Israel has realized with its military sweep through the West Bank will not eradicate the threat of more suicide bombings.

"I don't want you gathered up in any military sweep."