1.   Along the way, the parade always has included the media, an electronic chain gang linked by cameras and computers.

2.   But the parade will also include the first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat, and the mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican.

3.   For the first time, too, the parade will include handicapped people in wheelchairs and a contingent of private businessmen.

4.   The homecoming parade may include high-tech medical devices that trigger alarms at a hint of trouble, while fatigued parents juggle bottles, diapers and medications.

5.   The parade included no tanks or heavy weapons, and its military flavor was watered down by contingents of schoolchildren and other civilian groups who marched with the soldiers.

6.   The Kabul parade also included a group of wounded anti-communist fighters, who paraded on crutches and in wheelchairs.

7.   The parade included delegations from every military garrison in the country.

8.   The parade included units of Libyan soldiers marching with Kalashnikov rifles and a fly-over by planes and helicopters.

9.   The parade included dance troupes, traditional floats with beauty queens and costumed children.

10.   The parade included units of Libyan soldiers marching with Kalashnikov rifles and a fly-over by military planes and helicopters as well as civilian aircraft.