21.  Iraq pressed ahead in its own defense preparations, training women in small arms as part of an effort to build a huge civilian defense force.

22.  Iraq planned to start training civilian men Sunday in the use of guns and grenades for a civilian defense force.

23.  Iraq pressed ahead with its own defense preparations, training women in small arms as part of an effort to build a huge civilian defense force.

24.  Putin replaced Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev with Security Council chief Sergei Ivanov, the first civilian defense minister in post-Soviet Russia.

25.  The civilian defense minister, Jose Florencio Guzman, said he did not expect any problems, however, within the armed forces.

26.  The buildup of tension surfaced Thursday in protests at military facilities from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, and among civilian defense workers who picketed government headquarters in Moscow.

27.  The family was related to a member of the GLD, a civilian defense force armed by authorities, the report said.

28.  The man was a civilian defense employee of DIO who had served in the Australian army until about five years ago.

29.  The marchers included a huge civilian defense force that was established during a standoff with the United Nations over weapons inspections earlier this year.

30.  The marchers were part of a huge civilian defense force that was established during a standoff with the United Nations over weapons inspections earlier this year.