1.   By giving business to locals, the security troops make useful contacts and have more sources of information.

2.   Families also said they were too frightened to travel in an area still ringed by Serbian police and security troops.

3.   Fears of violence during the trial have prompted the government to import security troops from Portugal, who patrol the courthouse with submachine guns.

4.   In one, a grenade tossed at Indian security troops missed and landed in a crowded market in Bijbehara, south of the summer capital of Srinagar.

5.   Inside, security troops from Portugal, clad in bulletproof vests, ringed the austere courtroom as Estrela read the verdict in a matter-of-fact, almost subdued, tone.

6.   President Clinton promised Thursday night to ask Congress to fund security troops in Kosovo.

7.   Saudi television aired a videotape showing security troops scaling ladders and breaking into the port side doors and cockpit window of the aircraft.

8.   Several Muslim countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Turkey, have offered to provide security troops.

9.   Security troops at checkpoints in busy intersections stop cars with tinted windows and buses for quick inspections.

10.   These security troops can act on their own, while informal groups, like the Tanzeem, can act outside official channels.