21.  As a high school student in Tel Aviv, she met Yitzhak Rabin, an officer in the Palmach, the elite force of the pre-state militia.

22.  Battered by relentless acts of terrorism, the government on Monday inducted an elite force of commandos, who will have sweeping powers of search, seizure and arrest.

23.  Born in Jerusalem, Zeevi served in the Palmach, the elite force of the pre-state Jewish underground in British Mandatory Palestine.

24.  Gen. Jose Lamberto Ponce Lara, the former commander of the Zorros elite forces unit, and Lt. Col.

25.  He was whisked out of a VIP lounge at Queen Alia International Airport by Iraqi Embassy officials and a unit of a special Jordanian elite force.

26.  In a fresh bid to tighten his grip on power, Saddam Hussein has set up an elite new military force to fight off opposition to his embattled regime.

27.  In the Matonge area, elite forces fired at deserting soldiers who had begun to pillage.

28.  Indonesian troops led by the elite Kopassus force mounted a large-scale operation that rescued four Britons, two Dutch citizens and three Indonesians held by rebels.

29.  It has also been said, in a totally irresponsible manner, that there were elite forces from the United States and Israel here.

30.  Most of those killed Wednesday were commandos from an elite force.