61.   Miro said the protesters were treated well and that the Navy tried to get them to sign papers promising they would not return to the bombing range.

62.   Navy officials said there were no protesters on the bombing range on the eastern tip of the Puerto Rican island.

63.   No official count has been made, but estimates of the number of civilians killed by American bombing range into the low thousands.

64.   Navy officials insist the Vieques bombing range is vital to national security.

65.   Navy officials, however, said there were no protesters on the bombing range on the eastern tip of the Puerto Rican island.

66.   Navy spokesman Bob Nelson denied any protester was on the bombing range.

67.   No one seems to know for sure what hazardous materials have been used at the decades-old bombing range.

68.   On Sunday, federal authorities arrested eight protesters who allegedly cut through some fencing around the Navy land to enter the bombing range, Navy Lt. Jeff Gordon said.

69.   On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, people have long complained of health problems caused by low-frequency sound coming from a U.S. Navy bombing range.

70.   On the other, Navy security patrols work furiously to repair breaches and prevent trespassers reaching their bombing range.