1.  Faced with a simulated invasion by an unnamed Western foe, Russian forces first responded with conventionally armed defenders.

2.  This show of official partiality undermined moderate Catholic parties and allowed the IRA to pose as the armed defenders of an abused Catholic minority.

3.  The heavily armed defenders responded with bursts of mortars, grenades and machine gun fire.

4.  The heavily armed defenders respond with bursts of mortars, grenades and machine gun fire bringing down two U.S. helicopters.

5.  The heavily armed defenders responded with mortars, grenades and machine gun fire.

6.  The palace in the center of town was deserted except for armed defenders, the ITAR-Tass news agency.

7.  U.S. warplanes pounded al-Qaida and Taliban mountain strongholds in eastern Afghanistan, while heavily armed defenders responded with bursts of mortars, grenades and machine gun fire.