1.   He suggested that NATO peacekeeping troops could act under the aegis of the CSCE after it had exhausted its political mechanisms.

2.   But on the crucial question of whether the troops were acting under orders, the evidence provided in the dueling journalistic accounts is both ambiguous and contradictory.

3.   He said that despite that, during the riots and stone throwing, Israeli troops acted with enormous restraint.

4.   He said his troops would act as a kind of police force in the initial unsettled period until NATO forces took full control.

5.   In fact, the United Nations said its troops acted for the first time without the consent of the Bosnian Serbs in opening the road.

6.   Rumsfeld said evidence underscores that American troops acted properly.

7.   The troops acted to support the Macedonian government, which fears an open rebellion that could foment its Albanian minority and cause a wider conflict.

8.   These security troops can act on their own, while informal groups, like the Tanzeem, can act outside official channels.

9.   U.S. officials present said U.S. troops would act as monitors of the Haitian forces.

10.   Without ground troops acting as an anvil, the enemy can scatter to avoid the air attack and the hammer of a bombing campaign has nothing to strike against.