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Russian officials deny that the Chechen skirmishes are the beginning of a full invasion; they only seek to establish a security zone to control traffic in and out of the republic, and to protect Dagestan from invasion.
The Wall Street Journal front reports that Russian troops have entered Chechnya for the first time since a 1996 truce, and that skirmishes with Chechen troops ensued.
After several unsuccessful skirmishes, the Christian forces of Alfonso VI captured Madrid in 1083.
After a few skirmishes, the Catalonian troops were ready to deal the death blow.
These sequences carry a post-Vietnam aura of futility, and the scenes between the skirmishes are similarly modern, full of rambling talk and post- Godot waiting around.