61.   Over the weekend, Russia joined other Security Council members in a resolution condemning the deployment of Iraqi troops.

62.   One of the key issues for the Pentagon is how to make Iraqi troops that have withdrawn stay a safe distance from Kuwait.

63.   Panetta said that no decision had been made on excluding Iraqi troops or armored combat vehicles such as tanks -- or both.

64.   She said the buildup of Iraqi troops was continuing.

65.   Some journalists in the Persian Gulf reportedly saw some Iraqi troops going toward Kuwait rather than away from the border.

66.   State-run radio and television broadcast normal programming, offering few details of the Iraqi troop buildup.

67.   Still, the Pentagon said reports of Iraqi troop movements in northern Iraq were inaccurate.

68.   That may explain Iraqi troop movements during the past month that led the Pentagon to begin military exercises in Kuwait two months ahead of schedule, analysts said.

69.   The Army this week brushed off new reports that American forces needlessly attacked retreating Iraqi troops after a cease-fire was declared in the Persian Gulf war.

70.   The American forces shelled Iraqi troops and tanks, even though the tanks were being ferried home on flatbed trucks.