1.   Civilians say the soldiers committing the worst harassment often are drunk.

2.   Civilians here said they welcomed better-educated police officers, although some say higher salaries would work better as an incentive.

3.   Civilians say that Russian gunships and artillery pound their villages, which the government denies.

4.   Some civilians say they are depressed.

5.   This approach, some Chechen civilians say, has led to numerous crimes against innocent victims.

6.   Although the army claims to control most of Chechnya, civilians say there is no safe place because there is no front line.

7.   Both claim too that Liberians love them, although when asked, most civilians say they detest all faction leaders for the suffering the war has caused.

8.   But civilians say they are once again being hurt most.

9.   But civilians said the FNL attacked and saw a line of rebels chasing the government soldiers who fled their positions.

10.   Civilians said that several groups of ethnic Albanian militants armed with infantry weapons remained in control of the villages.