1.  Then the United Nations may decide that the Arab League is a regional defense group just like NATO, which attacked before being attacked.

2.  Among the wounded were peacekeepers from the regional defense force ECOMOG, the defense arm of the Economic Community of West African States.

3.  Among the wounded were soldiers from the regional defense force ECOMOG, the defense arm of the Economic Community of West African States.

4.  But they said there were no plans at the moment to create a regional defense force and that each country would keep its own armed forces.

5.  Cohen, in this northern city for regional defense talks, also urged ethnic Albanians in Kosovo to press for increased autonomy.

6.  He is expected to discuss cooperation in military training and in the military industry, as well as regional defense issues.

7.  He firmly denied allegations that China stole nuclear weapons secrets from the United States and again warned Washington not to include Taiwan into a regional anti-missile defense program.

8.  However, later Netanyahu backtracked from previous comments that the Turkish-Israeli relationship could the basis of a regional defense axis.

9.  It often urges pro-Western Gulf Arab states to join it in a regional defense alliance that would give no role to the United States.

10.  Japan sees the theater missile program as crucial for regional defense, with growing nuclear threats from North Korea, India and Pakistan.