The rebels then told people not to join the militia, warning that they would attack again soon, townspeople said.

"You mean, Dad, the men leading the rebels are playing for big stakes but aren't telling their plans to the small fellows?"

Residents said rebels told them they planned to continue south toward the president's home village.

"You don't want a military government," the refugee said the rebels told him.

Mubarak said the rebels told them they could run away.

"This," the rebels told him, "is an example to show the President."

The rebels told Mazaki that they were entrusting everything to him.

The rebels take the Doctor back to their hideout and tell him the rest of the story.

We didn't sell out," one rebel told sympathetic students and poor people.

One rebel, who cagily calls himself Wolfcatcher, tells her of his plan to become a journalist.