1.   But a year later Arab armies attacked the new state of Israel.

2.   The attack Saturday, near the town of Tepozonalco, was the first clash between EPR rebels and the army this year.

3.   The Russian army this year waged a brutal war against Chechen separatists that ended in stalemate.

4.   According to the Mlada Front Dnes daily, several thousand professional soldiers are leaving the army every year.

5.   The army this year put a stop to doughnut distribution by members of the ultra-Orthodox Habad group, which had been accused of trying to proselytize in army bases.

6.   The rest of Jaffna peninsula fell to the army this year.

7.   To prevent future coups Costa Rica abolished its army that year.

8.   To prevent future coups, Costa Rica abolished its army that year.

9.   The guerrillas dealt two stinging defeats to the army this year, forcing them into a retreat in the north and northwest of the country.

10.   The losses were the heaviest inflicted on the PKK in a single encounter with the Turkish army this year.