1.   Before the operation began in Chechnya, Grachev had boasted he could force the breakaway republic into submission within two hours by using a single parachute regiment.

2.   Before the Chechen operation, Grachev boasted he could force the breakaway republic into submission within two hours by using a single parachute regiment.

3.   Before the Russian offensive began in Chechnya, Grachev had boasted he could force the renegade republic into submission in less than two hours with a single parachute regiment.

4.   Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said last month that a single parachute regiment could subdue the rebellious republic in two hours.

5.   Defense Minister Pavel Grachev boasted in November that a single parachute regiment could subdue Chechnya in two hours.

6.   Grachev once boasted he could force Chechnya into submitting to Russian rule in just two hours with a single parachute regiment.

7.   It includes a parachute regiment, dog teams, helicopters with heat-seeking cameras and a special anti-terrorist intervention team.

8.   Last month, Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said a single parachute regiment could subdue the rebellious republic in two hours.

9.   The events in Somalia, coupled with the broadcast of a pair of amateur videotapes, led Collenette to disband the parachute regiment earlier this month.

10.   The latest contingent will include a parachute regiment and a Gurkha battalion, as well as mine clearance and bomb disposal experts.