1.   The Guard troops assigned to the unusual duty volunteered for the job.

2.   They hire security advisers and pay millions of dollars each year to help maintain the thousands of army troops assigned to protect their wells and processing facilities.

3.   Troops assigned to Lt. Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton, the mission commander, spent the night on the linoleum floor of the airport lobby.

4.   Police surrounded the compound, where U.S. troops formerly assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force strung up concertina wire and set up defensive positions.

5.   Police surrounded the embassy compound, where U.S. troops formerly assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force strung up concertina wire and set up defensive positions.

6.   Shaharyar Khan said the troops assigned to limit access to Kibumba and Nyangeze-Mulwa refugee camps in eastern Zaire stopped operations over the weekend.

7.   The special forces troops assigned to comb the area refused to speak to reporters.

8.   U.S. troops formerly assigned to a United Nations peacekeeping force strung up concertina wire and had set up defensive positions inside the building.