1. But disagreements immediately arose over whether government troops would withdraw from the territory. 2. On Monday she bluntly rejected a temporary ceasefire offer by the rebels, which would have allowed the government troops to withdraw. 3. Troops withdrew from the north east of the country last March. 4. Israeli troops have withdrawn into their self-declared security zone in Southern Lebanon. 5. And a peace agreement is in the works that would require the Yugoslav troops to withdraw within days, making the fight for a supply corridor seem irrelevant. 6. And it was reported that Rwandan troops withdrew from Goma at nightfall. 7. And in both situations, there has been much fuzziness about how sketchily-drawn political institutions are to operate once the troops withdraw. 8. Arafat emerged from his West Bank headquarters Thursday, after Israeli troops withdrew from his compound and released the Palestinian leader from months of confinement. 9. Arafat essentially acknowledged that he understood that unless Israel felt secure, the troops would not withdraw and the elections would not take place. 10. As commanders of the NATO peacekeeping force realize, their troops can withdraw only when peace is achieved on a civilian as well as a military level. |