71.   He said the Republican Guard and elite troops had been deployed at sensitive points in and around the capital, especially around the presidential palace and the radio station.

72.   He then lay on the floor alongside the hostages as the elite troops stormed the residence.

73.   His decision to mass elite troops within easy striking distance of Kuwait has thrust Iraq back into the international spotlight after months in the shadows.

74.   In an aborted rescue attempt by Israeli elite troops, the soldier, another lieutenant and three of his captors were killed.

75.   A rebel official said in Lubumbashi that local residents had revolted against the elite troops who fled the town, but it was impossible to independently confirm the report.

76.   A rebel official said in Lubumbashi that local residents had revolted against the elite troops who fled the town, no independent confirmation was available.

77.   An IFOR officer told AFP that the French elite troops had been working for days on their action.

78.   Arab witnesses said elite Israeli troops forced their way into a house in Halhul, near Hebron on the West Bank, and killed Salman Azamra.

79.   At dusk, the search was called off, leaving elite troops in ambush positions.

80.   At the weekend he dismissed his security minister with a Soviet-style public denunciation before parliament, and took direct, personal control of elite troops.