1.   Federal troops were positioned around the city.

2.   Troops were positioned around the city.

3.   The best the Clinton initiative can provide is a tentative truce, one that holds as long as U.S. troops are positioned between the antagonists.

4.   A Croatian official speaking on condition of anonymity said any such deployment would position Croatian troops for retaliatory strikes should Zagreb be hit again.

5.   A Croatian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said any such deployment would position Croatian troops for retaliatory strikes should Zagreb be hit again.

6.   Artillery fire, however, has come from positions inside Pakistan, where Pakistani troops are positioned.

7.   But one official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said any such deployment would position Croatian troops for retaliatory strikes on Serb targets should Zagreb be hit again.

8.   But one, speaking on condition of anonymity, said any such deployment would position Croatian troops for retaliatory strikes on Serb targets should Zagreb be hit again.

9.   Heavily armed ECOMOG troops were positioned throughout the airport area and a Nigerian jet fighter roared into the air at one point.

10.   Heavily armed ECOMOG troops were positioned around the airport, and a Nigerian jet fighter could be seen roaring into the air.