1.   Last week, on a high ridge overlooking the road, soldiers and reservists were manning a tank.

2.   Government jets bombed southern targets Wednesday and angry crowds ready for civil war manned comandeered tanks and fired anti-aircraft guns at warplanes overflying their port town.

3.   Israeli soldiers are back in Bethlehem, once again rounding up hundreds of Palestinian men and manning tanks in front of the Church of the Nativity.

4.   Sudan also alleges that Eritreans manned tanks used in a rebel offensive last October.

5.   Supporters of a former Albanian president manned tanks and brandished submachine guns in front of their headquarters Tuesday, ignoring orders to surrender their weapons or face police attack.

6.   However, on Friday the only troops seen downtown were manning the tanks.