11.   Large-scale bombing raids or even a ground assault against rebel bases in Chechnya might deprive the militants of their havens near Dagestan.

12.   Once again, the mix of the U.S. airstrikes and the largely Afghan ground assault was on display.

13.   Responding to the command of President Boris Yeltsin, Russian forces on Monday stopped their continuous aerial and ground assault on the mutinous republic of Chechnya.

14.   The ground assault began as the bombardment ceased.

15.   The ground assault was preceded by six weeks of air attacks against Iraqi targets.

16.   There is no evidence that the U.S. will fly air cover for a Northern Alliance ground assault, knocking out specific targets to support an anticipated assault.

17.   They argue that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will not bend to NATO demands unless he faces an all-out ground assault.

18.   They were part of search-and-rescue preparations for the special forces ground assault which occurred in Afghanistan near Kandahar.

19.   Those forces are expected to be used in a ground assault.

20.   Those units, including the Russian special forces, have led the ground assaults in Chechnya.