1.   The move was seen as preparation for ECOMOG to take on an offensive rather than merely a peacekeeping role.

2.   UN troops were braced for more violence today after they fired at Mogadishu gunmen trying to end their peacekeeping role in Somalia.

3.   And in many ways, that is the changing mission of the military itself, as the US takes on more and more peacekeeping roles and humanitarian efforts worldwide.

4.   And he assured the American people that U.S. troops would only be sent into Kosovo in a peacekeeping role.

5.   Belgrade prefers a peacekeeping role for the United Nations, which is likely to field a less heavily armed force than NATO.

6.   A possible United Nations peacekeeping role in Afghanistan was also touched on during the discussions here.

7.   But Bush is described by aides and congressional leaders who have visited him as adamant that American troops should not get tied down in a peacekeeping role in Afghanistan.

8.   Clinton said the United States wanted to accord Argentina non-NATO member ally status for its peacekeeping roles in Bosnia, Haiti and in Mozambique.

9.   During the election campaign, Bush upset allies when he spoke of limiting the U.S. peacekeeping role in the Balkans.

10.   Even if Israel does withdraw, UNIFIL may still have an important peacekeeping role in the vacuum of power that probably would follow, he said.