101.   China has been providing military assistance to Pakistan for the past four decades and is considered its closest ally in the region.

102.   Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with his national security council Tuesday amid reports that the United States has requested military assistance for the war on terrorism.

103.   Clarke and other administration officials refused to discuss details of the kind of military assistance under consideration.

104.   Congress has limited U.S. military assistance to anti-narcotics operations.

105.   Currently, U.S. military assistance is focused mostly on anti-drug missions.

106.   Details of Greek military assistance are still pending.

107.   Diplomats and aid workers say they are uncertain if Thailand is still providing military assistance, but the border trade goes on.

108.   Details of Greek military assistance are still pending, but a decision is expected sometime during the next few days, officials said Monday.

109.   During the air campaign, Greece refused to offer military assistance and did not accept ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo.

110.   Diplomats say Dostum has received stockpiles of ammunition and weapons from Russia and money from Iran, but both countries deny giving any military assistance to him.