31.   Protest leaders tried to negotiate with police to remove the German flag from the embassy compound but their request was not granted.

32.   Police found a grenade believed to have been thrown near the U.S. embassy compound, embassy and police officials said Wednesday.

33.   Police had confronted the Al-Shehhis as they videotaped the sprawling embassy compound three days before the suicide jet attacks.

34.   Police stopped them from reaching the embassy compound but allowed them to hold a brief rally.

35.   A mortar fired from the rebel-controlled area hit a major hotel, and another landed in the French embassy compound, military sources said.

36.   A mortar also fell in the embassy compound Saturday, wounding seven people.

37.   A mortar fired from the rebel-controlled area hit a major hotel, and another landed in the French embassy compound.

38.   Additional police officers guarded the embassy compound on Monday.

39.   An entire wall of the turreted embassy compound was blown away.

40.   APTV has comments from State Dept spokesman James Rubin and file of the disputed embassy compound.