71.   Under the plan, dozens of U.S.-donated combat helicopters will ferry U.S.-trained Colombian troops into cocaine-producing plantations to seize them from insurgents.

72.   U.S. combat helicopters bring refugees food.

73.   Under the plan, U.S.-trained troops using U.S.-made combat helicopters will try to wrest away rebel-held areas producing cocaine and heroin.

74.   Washington is providing combat helicopters and training troops for a counternarcotics offensive into FARC-dominated areas where the rebels profit from the cocaine trade.

75.   Washington is supplying dozens of new combat helicopters capable of firing rockets and equipped with machine guns.

76.   Washington is providing Colombia with combat helicopters, troop training and intelligence support to combat guerrilla units protecting the cocaine trade.

77.   Whether reinforcements save them could depend on the interpretation of an agreement that sent powerful U.S.-made combat helicopters to Colombia.

78.   French and British combat helicopters assigned to the RRF are not yet all in place.

79.   France expressed regret on Monday over a Dutch decision to buy US combat helicopters in preference to aircraft made by the Franco-German consortium Eurocopter.

80.   French President Jacques Chirac criticised Britain for choosing US combat helicopters in preference to Franco-German aircraft in remarks marking the Bastille Day national holiday here on Friday.