1.   He had wanted to visit the troops over Christmas, but the general said it would be an inopportune time.

2.   The general said he would fight on until the enemy agreed to an unconditional surrender.

3.   The general says he received no order to withdraw.

4.   The general also said the Bosnian Serbs had agreed to observe a ceasefire around Srebrenica starting from today.

5.   An American general said it would take about a week for Iraq to send all the troops to their home bases.

6.   Another general said that CIA officials had pestered him constantly with their concerns about narcotics trafficking in Guatemala.

7.   As commander at Tiananmen, the general said he could report that no students had been killed at the square.

8.   A senior general said it would take up to a week for Iraq to make all the preparations to launch a major attack.

9.   About Taiwan, the general said Beijing hoped for a peaceful settlement but specifically refused to renounce force.

10.   But at the time, the general said, he believed his association with Runas had receded into the past.