1.   Akayev said an elite force had been trained for mountain combat and provided with communications and night-vision equipment from the United States.

2.   The assault with planes and helicopters represents an intensification in the mountain combat.

3.   The assault with planes and helicopters Wednesday represents an escalation in the mountain combat.

4.   The British group has been specially trained as a rapid-reaction force and is schooled in mountain combat.

5.   The division, based in New York, is trained in cold weather and mountain combat.

6.   The Soviets, like others before them, soon found themselves bogged down in a crippling war against guerrillas adept at mountain combat.