21. Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike. 22. ...a redeployment of troops in the border areas. 23. Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can. 24. He led his troops in a well-planned maneuver. 25. Reports on the conduct of the Iraqi troops in Kuwait varied. 26. Nevertheless, it was evidently with some unease that President Assad placed his troops in the Saudi desert alongside US forces. 27. Rumours of lawlessness and factional fighting had increased since the government had withdrawn its troops in March and the BRA had made a unilateral declaration of independence in May. 28. The plan provided for the gradual replacement of Syrian troops in West Beirut by Lebanese soldiers and police. 29. Tension between the republican leaderships and the military had risen in recent weeks over conscription and the stationing of Soviet troops in the republics. 30. Western reports cited intelligence sources as saying that Thai lorries had been used to move Myanma troops in the region. |