41.   Retreating rebels left behind Tamil civilian hostages being used as human shields after a battle for the Kilali lagoon on Saturday.

42.   Serbs have been using them as hostages and human shields for potential military targets.

43.   Shea said Kosovars are also being used as human shields and forced to march in front of advancing Serb tanks with their hands tied behind their backs.

44.   Several residents said they had been turned out of their homes by Israeli soldiers, while others contended that they were being kept inside for use as human shields.

45.   Some want to take the money and run, while others fear that they will be wiped out if they give up their human shields.

46.   That huge offensive line was crushing the Steelers and protecting quarterback Troy Aikman, forming a human shield around him.

47.   The inmates took the hostages to use as a human shield to prevent a police raid, media reports said.

48.   The refugees do not trust the Russians and they fear resettlement would mean a life as human shields in the buffer area being carved out by Russian forces.

49.   The refugees provided a kind of human shield for them.

50.   The Pentagon has previously accused Iraq of using human shields to protect weapons, knowing that U.S. and British pilots operate under strict guidelines intended to avoid killing civilians.