11.   An Army tank designed to withstand land mines stood sentry at the top of the road leading to the village, along with heavily armed soldiers.

12.   And the wave-skipping patrol boats, packed with armed soldiers.

13.   Armed soldiers and metal detectors protect all approaches to the Western Wall.

14.   Armed soldiers and police line the main streets and thorough searches are conducted at the entrance to public buildings and hotels.

15.   Armed soldiers guard the entrance to the hospital, and there is one armed guard for each captive on the ward.

16.   Armed soldiers were reinforced outside hotels, in the diplomatic quarter where the bombing occurred, and in bunkers at major intersections.

17.   Armed British soldiers patrol the flood-lit perimeter.

18.   Armed Israeli soldiers posted at the Gush Qatif were models of restraint.

19.   Armed soldiers sat atop the sides of the truck as it splashed over the riverbed.

20.   Armed Taliban soldiers patrolled the grounds, so it was difficult to gauge how freely the refugees could talk.