1.   Jarka, the father of six children, lost his arms when rebels invaded his neighborhood in eastern Freetown.

2.   The day before, according to Jusugarka, a former security guard at Barclays Bank, rebels had invaded his neighborhood east of Freetown.

3.   The war began last summer after rebels invaded the neighboring province of Dagestan, touching off a struggle with Russian troops along the border of the two provinces.

4.   Dragging along their captives, the rebels invaded a hospital for a day and escaped with four new hostages despite a military assault that included helicopter gunships firing rockets.

5.   Russian ground troops entered Chechnya in September, after rebels invaded the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan last summer.

6.   Russian forces entered Chechnya again last September, after rebels invaded the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan.

7.   Russian ground troops entered Chechnya in late September, weeks after Chechen rebels invaded the Russian republic of Dagestan.

8.   Russia began its campaign in Chechnya in September after rebels invaded a neighboring Russian republic.

9.   Russian ground troops entered Chechnya in late September after rebels invaded the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan last summer.

10.   Russian forces rolled back into Chechnya last fall after rebels based there invaded the neighboring region of Dagestan.