51. Armed French troops guarded the Channel tunnel terminal here on Tuesday in the wake of a series of bloody bomb attacks blamed on supporters of Algerian Islamic fundamentalist groups. 52. Armed troops guard entrances to the building on foot and in vehicles with mounted machine guns. 53. Between twenty and thirty UN troops guard each of the weapons collection points, situated around the Bosnian capital. 54. But the head of the NATO force, US Admiral Leighton Smith, firmly ruled out that his troops would guard such sites on a systematic basis. 55. European troops would guard the road routes out of Bosnia, from Sarajevo to the Croatian ports of Split and Ploce, the sources said. 56. The troops will also guard the Cave of the Patriarchs, holy to both Moslems and Jews. 57. Troops were also guarding banks and embassies around the city. 58. Voting was peaceful but police and troops were guarding against rebel violence after six people were killed Saturday in fighting between government and guerrilla forces. 59. Troops are also guarding against possible reinforcements. 60. Troops are still guarding the party headquarters and a section of the main road in front of the building was blocked to traffic Friday. |