1.   Backed by tank units when needed, they are trained to deploy quickly in trucks.

2.   According to initial reports from the scene, paratroopers backed by tanks, bulldozers and helicopters had moved into the town.

3.   In a statement from its Washington office, the Patriotic Union said Iraqi troops backed by tanks had attacked its Kurdish loyalists.

4.   Israeli troops, backed by tanks, poured into the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank before dawn, searching for suspects.

5.   Last week he moved several hundred crack troops backed by tanks within striking range of the region, over the objections of the United States and the United Nations.

6.   The two main thrusts were being carried out by Zarbati assault forces, backed by tanks.

7.   Troops had erected barbed wire barricades backed by tanks to block access to the square in Jakarta where a major rally had been planned for Thursday.

8.   After an overnight halt, soldiers backed by tanks and aircraft moved forward into rebel-held territory early Saturday, military officials said.

9.   Along the border, Yugoslav forces backed by tanks torched the homes of ethnic Albanians and sent hundreds fleeing.

10.   Army and police units, backed by tanks were reported headed to quell the heart of the rebellion in the south of the country.