51.   Several thousand elite troops guard the presidential palace on the outskirts of Luanda.

52.   Security was tighter than usual for the parade down the Champs-Elysees, with elite troops posted in jeeps or joining police posted on side-street intersections.

53.   Security was tighter than usual for the parade down the Champs-Elysees, including elite troops on side streets.

54.   Soviet fighter jets, helicopter gunships and elite troops were unable to cut the supply line.

55.   That simple message from elite Philippine troops triggered the bloody surprise attack that ended a yearlong hostage crisis in the southern Philippines.

56.   The border checkpoint swarmed with elite troops in camouflage and gray spotted uniforms.

57.   The dispute was sparked by a recent exhibit showing that wartime atrocities were committed by both elite German troops and regular army forces, known as the Wehrmacht.

58.   The elite troops quickly reformed and helped Saddam crush rebellions by Shiite Muslim dissidents in the south and Kurdish rebels in the north.

59.   The checkpoint on the Chechen border swarmed with elite troops in camouflage and gray spotted uniforms.

60.   The elite troops who fired on the parliament building were led by Barsukov, who owed his position in part to Korzhakov.