51. Soldiers manned roadblocks and police checked cars going into the Old City. 52. Soldiers manning a roadblock near Dili airport halted a taxi with six men and discovered several weapons. 53. Soldiers manning a roadblock shot to death a German diplomat after he refused to let them search his car, the government said Thursday. 54. Some of them manned roadblocks around the building. 55. Special forces police in black uniforms with balaclavas manned some roadblocks, and many men in plainclothes, armed with rifles, backed them up. 56. Taliban guards manned a roadblock that consisted of boulders, an artillery shell and the twisted hood of a jeep. 57. The men manning the roadblocks are frequently soldiers or forestry officials who are not authorized to issue traffic violations and who simply pocket the cash they receive. 58. The reporters said that the first shots were fired from an Arab car at Israeli troops manning the roadblock. 59. The U.S. equipment will help soldiers and police manning roadblocks identify potential assailants. 60. Three soldiers who manned the roadblock were arrested shortly after the shooting and held for several days before being released. |