51.   Several U.S. ships float in the harbor, military helicopters hover overhead, and Marines patrol the city.

52.   Security forces patrolled the city in armored vehicles, and officers carried out random identification checks, looking for separatist leaders.

53.   Security was tight, with most traffic barred for the day in Brazzaville and armed soldiers patrolling the city.

54.   Spanish members of the NATO-led peace force patrol the city.

55.   Taliban troops still patrol the city at night, they said, sometimes bursting into homes where they saw a lamp or a candle flickering.

56.   Soldiers, in groups and alone, already patrol the city with what often seems to be more interest in stealing money from Zairians and foreigners than civil defense.

57.   Soldiers armed with assault-rifles continued to patrol the city.

58.   Squadrons of police patrolled the city.

59.   Tanks patrolled the city throughout the day, enforcing a strict curfew, as troops exchanged fire with roving bands of gunmen.

60.   The city is jointly patrolled by Russian and Chechen fighters.