1.   For two months a vastly superior army refused serious action against the rebels and finally backed them.

2.   The army refused to accept orders from the political leadership.

3.   But the Bosnian army refused to allow the convoy through.

4.   Checking the reports had been difficult because the army had refused to allow reporters or international observers into the zone after military operations began on Friday morning.

5.   In Turkey, the army has refused to let Islamic political parties govern, even after electoral gains by fundamentalists.

6.   Karadzic demoted Mladic last month, but reinstated him after the rebel army refused to have Karadzic as their commander.

7.   Last week the Israeli army refused permission altogether, and this week only a one-time permit was granted.

8.   The army refused comment on the ongoing operation.

9.   The army refused to obey.

10.   The army refused to identify the Hamas official.