1.   The buffer zone is lined with earthworks, barbed wire, trenches, bunkers and watchtowers manned by troops with automatic weapons.

2.   The most visible sign of authority was in a violence-ridden suburban slum where military troops manned roadblocks and my police escort rode with his gun unholstered.

3.   Otherwise, troops will man checkpoints and surveillance stations, and conduct aerial observation.

4.   Otherwise, peace-enforcing troops will man checkpoints and surveillance stations, and conduct aerial observation.

5.   Outside Rice-Eccles, spectators waited for hours to pass through metal detectors manned by troops in camouflage while Black Hawk helicopters hovered above.

6.   American and German troops also manned checkpoints.

7.   As Rocha spoke, his troops manned a roadblock on the potholed, narrow road, and were stopping and searching vehicles and passengers.

8.   At present, Israeli troops man roadblocks, but the border area is largely open.

9.   Earlier Barak rejected a proposal that American troops man early warning stations in the Golan Heights after an Israel withdrawal, instead of Israeli troops.

10.   Elite Interior Ministry troops manned checkpoints as soldiers dug trenches, settling in for what could be a long stay.