21.   International human rights organizations have said the troops routinely commit atrocities against civilians that go unpunished, but Russian officials insist they properly investigate all allegations.

22.   International human rights organizations have said the troops routinely commit atrocities against civilians, which go unpunished.

23.   Milosevic is currently on trial by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for his alleged role in atrocities committed by troops loyal to him in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia.

24.   Nasser Al-Kidwa on Friday also repeated claims, vehemently denied by Israel, that Israeli troops committed atrocities during the April attack.

25.   Ojdanic has publicly denied allegations that government troops committed atrocities under his command, while suggesting he would surrender for trial in a bid to prove his innocence.

26.   Refugees who escaped one of the biggest battles of the war in Chechnya claimed Sunday that Russian troops committed atrocities and killed dozens of civilians over the weekend.

27.   President George W. Bush on Monday was asked whether Americans are prepared to see a large number of ground troops committed in Afghanistan.

28.   President Robert Mugabe has acknowledged that troops committed atrocities in suppressing an armed rebellion, calling them a historical mistake that should never be repeated.

29.   Several hundred Chechen refugees who escaped from Samashky in recent days said Russian troops had committed atrocities and looted the village.

30.   The Croatian president said it was impossible to avoid some destruction during war, but denied his troops had committed atrocities.