31.   For the military, the headscarves are a political symbol.

32.   Gazit said however, that his remarks were directed against the army for permitting soldiers to wear political symbols, and were not intended to criticize the soldiers themselves.

33.   He joked that he was jealous of Republicans for having the elephant as their political symbol.

34.   In London, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble implored Prime Minister Tony Blair to reform laws aimed at keeping political symbols out of Northern Ireland workplaces.

35.   Kanadoglu argued in his court petition that the women were breaking secular laws by wearing the head scarf as a political symbol.