1.   At times during the conflict U.S. pilots were not allowed to attack trains, troop convoys or ships in North Vietnam.

2.   - Cluster munitions - bombs that dispense smaller bomblets - against armored vehicles and troop convoys.

3.   Military checkpoints dot the highways, and armored vehicles and troop convoys are part of the dusty landscape.

4.   People in this chaotic bazaar straddling the Grand Trunk Road described watching Pakistani troop convoys headed west each of the last three nights.

5.   The escort was a smaller, more maneuverable vessel than the larger ships serving as troop convoys.

6.   By that he meant any target of value that popped into view, whether it be an al-Qaida terrorist leader or a Taliban troop convoy.

7.   Hundreds more were presumably stationed further up the avenue out of view, as reporters saw troop convoys moving there through the night and early morning hours.

8.   Ingushetia borders Chechnya to the west and Russian troop convoys on their way to the war zone frequently pass through the region.

9.   Late Thursday, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported that a troop convoy came under attack just outside the Chechen capital of Grozny.

10.   On Thursday, rebels again ambushed a Russian troop convoy, this one in the Nozhai-Yurt area, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.