1.   Troops destroyed the capital and confiscated many works of art as war booty.

2.   And the intense bombing intended to flush out the last of the Taliban troops is destroying or burning much of what remains.

3.   Chinese troops destroy monasteries and temples.

4.   German troops destroyed bridges as they retreated and it was expected that crossing the Rhine would be another bloody confrontation.

5.   Government troops have destroyed many villages, including health clinics, and hundreds of civilians have died during the offensive.

6.   Iraqi claims that allied troops had destroyed chemical weapons at Kamisiyah were discounted as more lying by Iraqi leaders.

7.   Iraqis told them that allied troops had destroyed other chemical weapons at Khamisiyah earlier that year.

8.   Ishaq Sharif said his younger brother became a religious Muslim after seeing Israeli troops destroy a Palestinian house.

9.   Ishaq Sharif said his brother became a religious Muslim after seeing Israeli troops destroy a Palestinian house.

10.   Success came only after Bolivian army troops forcibly destroyed the coca plants, he said.