P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2208:24 2/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT ... CONFIRMATION FROM LIMA, NOR WERE THERE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. ECUADOR HAS SAID BOTH ARMIES HAVE CLASHED ALMOST DAILY SINCE HOSTILITIES BROKE OUT 12 DAYS AGO, BUT OFFICIALS SAID ON MONDAX THE NATION WAQ READY TO FACE A LARGER OFFENSIVE. THE PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR'S CONGRESS, HEINZ MGELLER, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, SAID THAT DESPITE THE SIZE OF PERU'S MILITARY -- WHICH HAS TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS AND DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS -- ECUADOR COULD HOLD ITS POSITJONS ... <123 125>