71.   Two Palestinian militants launched the assault on the base with automatic rifles and hand grenades, the army said.

72.   U.S. President George W. Bush launched the assaults after the Taliban refused to hand over bin Laden and shut down his al Qaida network.

73.   Zardran, whose men launched the assault, has been working with the U.S. Special Forces since December to flush out Taliban and al Qaida hiding in eastern Afghanistan.

74.   Witnesses told police Tan first launched an assault on a California Federal Bank branch, smashing a glass door and then attacking an ATM machine.

75.   However, he is worried that the Russians may finally launch an assault.

76.   In a third operation, Hezbollah units launched an assault on a position held jointly by the Israeli army and the SLA at Baraachit in the central sector.

77.   It was not immediately clear whether the forces were preparing to launch an assault or merely changing their positions.

78.   A decade ago, Indian troops launched an assault on the Golden Temple to flush out heavily armed Sikh separatist militants holed up in the shrine.

79.   A hostage drama in which Islamic extremists captured several families in a suburb of Algiers ended overnight when security police launched a final assault on the building using grenades.

80.   A spokesman for the troops said the casualties were incurred when Chechen fighters launched an assault on a Russian column near Vedeno Friday.