1.   Around Moscow, Lisovsky travels in a two-jeep caravan with six armed bodyguards cradling rifles across their laps.

2.   A policeman in a bulletproof vest and soldiers cradling automatic rifles waved down oncoming traffic so they could peer closely inside each passing car.

3.   He appears to have been born cradling his rifle, but speaks in a high voice that may not yet have changed.

4.   He cradled the rifle in the crook of his right arm, and stepped over the weapons and ammo on his living room floor.

5.   Automatic rifles are cradled in their hands, or stand propped against the wall.

6.   He cradled the rifle in his arms, and ran his fingers down the barrel.

7.   Six men wearing camouflage uniforms and cradling assault rifles stormed a police academy and a jail Saturday, demanding loyalty to the disbanded Haitian army.

8.   Suddenly, silently, scores of armed rebels emerged from the ruins, cradling rifles, and spread across the hillside.

9.   The troops in camouflage uniforms cradling assault rifles seemed like a throwback to earlier days when Bangladesh was prone to coups and mutinies.

10.   Even youngsters were seen cradling assault rifles.