1.   Ishihara will not have the power as governor to evict American forces from the base.

2.   Primakov engaged in intensive diplomacy before the Persian Gulf war, as Moscow sought to dissuade Washington from its offensive to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

3.   Seven years ago, the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, begrudgingly blessed the American-led campaign to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

4.   The Saudi leadership is also reluctant to acknowledge that the kingdom may now be home to a violent opposition intent on overthrowing the monarchy and evicting American forces.

5.   Yemen had close relations with Iraq before the Persian Gulf war and opposed the allied military campaign to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

6.   Amid the gloom, however, the Indian troops show a gritty determination to fight and a conviction that the opposing forces must be evicted at all costs.

7.   Egypt was the leading Arab ally for the U.S.-led military coalition that evicted Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

8.   Hezbollah and other militant groups are fighting to evict Israeli forces from an Israeli-declared security zone.

9.   The uprising followed the U.S.-led Gulf war that evicted Iraqi forces from Kuwait after a seven-month occupation, but was crushed by the Iraqi military.

10.   France participated in military action under the auspices of the United Nations to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait in the Gulf war.