1.   The commandos arrived shortly before midnight, cut the telephone wires, severed the gas lines of the prison cars and overpowered the guards.

2.   A police helicopter repeatedly flew over the area and special commandos arrived in two armored personnel carriers with mounted machine guns.

3.   During the day, a police helicopter repeatedly flew over the area and special commandos arrived in two armored personnel carriers with mounted machine guns.

4.   The commandos arrived after the captain ignored Australian orders to stay out of its territorial waters.

5.   British commandos arrived on the ground in Afghanistan to spearhead an international security force mandated by the United Nations for a six-month deployment.

6.   Fifty-three British Royal Marine commandos arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to spearhead the International Security Assistance Force authorised by the UN Security Council.

7.   Russian police commandos also arrived at the hospital later in a bus which was parked in an adjacent street.