11.   Iran has also denounced Saudi military ties with the United States.

12.   Its military ties with the United States are growing closer.

13.   Its leaders continue, for example, to push ridiculous legislation that would create a formal military tie to Taiwan.

14.   Other German officials have warned that the missile defense would weaken military ties between the United States and its European allies.

15.   Reversing years of sanctions, Blair said Britain will strengthen military ties with Pakistan and will join other countries in providing the financially strapped country with economic aid.

16.   The controversy led to rallies in places with strong military ties, such as Escambia County, one of the counties that revisited its discarded ballots.

17.   The crisis appears certain to strengthen military ties between the West and the former Yugoslav republics, too.

18.   The House voted decisively to broaden military ties between Taiwan and the United States, a largely symbolic gesture that carries potentially damaging diplomatic consequences.

19.   The military ties between the two are just as deep, and their intelligence services cooperate, sometimes covertly, across the Middle East and Europe.

20.   The mothers were organized by the Vida Foundation, a nonprofit organization with Colombian military ties that represents the victims of guerrilla violence.