1.   He believes the Army team was a Green Beret sniper unit brought in to finish the job in case the first-line shooter missed.

2.   Someone, Brucan now believes, ordered the secret sniper units that Ceausescu had formed into action.

3.   The ninth member of the sniper unit and its leader, Lon Horiuchi, did not appear Thursday.

4.   In response, the army brought in elite sniper units and for the first time in weeks of sporadic rioting used live ammunition.

5.   Elite sniper units were also deployed and security was tightened around Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

6.   The security personnel included riot and sniper units, special forces and a rare show of Israeli army soldiers, who do not usually enter the Old City.