1. Soldiers surrounded the conference building, telephone lines were cut and land borders closed. 2. Army helicopters hovered over the polling stations, which were surrounded by soldiers, proving FMLN allegations that these elections were fraudulent and carried out amidst fear and intimidation. 3. And President Abdur Rahman Biswas had to fire the army chief a few days later after tanks and soldiers surrounded the presidential palace. 4. At least two appeared on television endorsing the coup, one of them surrounded by soldiers. 5. Government soldiers surrounded it and threw in grenades. 6. One of our puppeteers has just learned that Israeli soldiers have surrounded the building. 7. Pakistani soldiers surrounded a pair of buildings where the fighters were staying Tuesday night and began negotiations to secure their surrender. 8. Soldiers had surrounded one of the desks and were plunging their bayonets into the wood. 9. Soldiers surrounded the presidential palace, according to reports from Kinshasa, but the capital itself appeared calm. |