61.  Aside from the fighting in Ljuboten, Western military officials said there was a fight on Sunday around the village of Bojane, just west of the capital.

62.  As the US campaign is accelerated in the coming days, military officials recognize they may not have enough time to accomplish the mission this year.

63.  As they approached, the soldiers came under fire and shot back, hitting three men who fell overboard, military officials said.

64.  Asada cites Japanese archival evidence that military officials were likely to fight on, furiously, until the end.

65.  Asked if Barghouti would become an Israeli target, the senior Israeli military official paused.

66.  As the hunt for bin Laden continued, military officials said they were targeting other Taliban and al-Qaida leaders on the loose.

67.  At a meeting with military officials loyal to Hun Sen, ambassadors from a dozen nations pleaded for an end to the fighting.

68.  At the Pentagon, military officials dispatched several fighter planes to the skies over Queens.

69.  At the Pentagon on Monday, military officials privately expressed exasperation and disappointment that the trail of bin Laden had suddenly gone cold.

70.  At the same time, their warnings about other readiness problems and aging weapons echo many made by Bush and by other military officials in recent weeks and months.