1.   Democrats also criticized Republicans for impeaching Clinton at the very moment that U.S. troops waged war against Iraq.

2.   Palestinians say the Israeli troops have waged a punitive battle of destruction rather than a campaign for security.

3.   We already have a drug czar whose troops wage a continually losing war against drugs, despite broad powers of search and seizure.

4.   A statement issued by the group in Islamabad said rebels and Indian troops waged a bitter gunbattle for several hours.

5.   Deep in a jungle famous for its rare mountain gorillas, Ugandan troops waged a fierce gunbattle Tuesday with Rwandan rebels who kidnapped a group of foreign tourists.

6.   Even that falls short of describing the savage war that Yugoslav troops are waging against their countrymen.

7.   Heavily armed security troops waged a three-hour gun battle with militants of an ethnic party on Saturday before storming the house.

8.   Iran said its border troops waged a three-hour gun battle with Taliban soldiers before repulsing the attack and inflicting heavy casualties.

9.   Opposition troops waged a bitter artillery duel with the ruling Taliban militia north of the capital for the second straight day Saturday, an opposition spokesman said.

10.   Russian troops are already waging a spring offensive to wipe out rebel strongholds in Chechnya.