1.   At the gates of the Meskovic base near Tuzla, Bosnian mujahedeen fighters armed with automatic rifles politely turned away an American reporter.

2.   Chechen fighters armed with rocket grenades ducked in and out of shattered buildings, trying to knock out Russian tanks blasting their positions.

3.   Chechen fighters armed with rocket grenades ducked in and out of shattered buildings, trying to knock out Russian tanks.

4.   Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, stopped cars at major intersections throughout the city, searching vehicles and checking identity papers.

5.   The trucks rushed down dusty streets and disgorged thousands of northern alliance fighters armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

6.   The village, like several others, is now no more than a battlefield where fighters armed with anti-tank rockets and assault rifles are holding off Russian armour.

7.   There has been no estimate of the Abu Sayyaf strength in Basilan but television footage showed its fighters armed with high-powered assault rifles.

8.   There were occasional bursts of ineffectual return fire by Chechen independence fighters armed with automatic rifles.