Israel maintained its military cordon around the town, continuing to barricade Palestinians inside in what it calls an essential defense against terrorist attacks.

Then Freytag spread his corps in a thin military cordon over 21 miles across the villages to the south.

The next day, he obtained a police order allowing him to cross the military cordon.

During the battle, a group of some 13 militants broke through the military cordon and took refuge nearby.

Some insurgents are firing at the American military cordon to the south, in an apparent effort to fight their way out, military officials said.

The killings began when the Hutu tried to run through the military cordon, and the Government soldiers opened fire.

With movement in Baghdad difficult after a military cordon was established to suppress the violence, facts were hard to ascertain.

The radiation weapon of the aliens had pushed back the military cordon by as much as five miles.

So, too, has anyone without the special pass needed to get through military cordons.

With a cry, the woman sprinted for the military cordon.