61.   Sunday was the ninth day of the Russian ground assault on Grozny.

62.   Taliban defenses around Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif and other cities collapsed after days of intense American bombing followed by ground assaults by the northern alliance.

63.   The Chechen fighters there appeared to be holding their positions and there were no Russian attempts to mount a ground assault.

64.   The ground assault on the city began Saturday.

65.   The KNU said the Burmese army has been shelling Karen strongholds at Wangkha and Nawta since Saturday and on Wednesday launched an unsuccessful ground assault on Nawta.

66.   The Marines are trained in a variety of missions, including quick-strike ground assault.

67.   The operation was the largest U.S. ground assault on enemy holdouts in the five-month war in Afghanistan.

68.   The Russian move into southwestern Chechnya, the first since the battle for Grozny earlier this year, seemed to signal the beginning of a ground assault.

69.   The Russian ground assault on Grozny has turned the city into a daily meat grinder that consumes bodies, buildings and weapons.

70.   The Russians pelted them with tank, mortar and sniper fire, but there was no sign they were launching a ground assault to retake the center.