81.   While planning for the mission is still underway, Perry said Tuesday that the multinational force would require far fewer troops than envisioned just days ago.

82.   With rebels holding much of the area, it is unclear whom a multinational force would deal with.

83.   Yet it was right that the multinational forces of Operation Desert Storm ended their military action in compliance with a U.N. Security Council resolution as Iraqi troops withdrew.

84.   Our wrap includes a soundbite from Italian Defense Minister Beniamino Andreatta ruling out a direct role for the multinational peacekeeping force in policing the ballot box.

85.   Pakistan also reiterated its demand for the deployment of multinational forces in the Afghan capital.

86.   Peacekeepers were sent to Haiti after a U.S.-led multinational force restored President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in October.

87.   Ozawa wants participation for Japan in multinational forces, but the LDP wants to keep Japanese troops limited to logistical support and away from combat.

88.   Parliament Wednesday approved the deployment of Italian troops in a multinational force to Albania after an embarrassing political battle that nearly brought down the government.

89.   President Jacques Chirac last Friday called for a new multinational force to defend Gorazde and open a supply route to Sarajevo.

90.   President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded the armed forces after a U-S-led multinational force returned him to power last year.