But Kibumba itself was deserted - not a civilian could be seen in the valley, only troops moving between positions.
But he said only combat troops would be expected to be withdrawn at that time, with a continued presence likely for training.
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He said the reinforcements, which would increase overall UK numbers to 9, 500, would happen only if troops had the equipment and training necessary to perform the tasks asked of them.
But the commitment that the international community gave was only sufficient only for its own needs - enough troops only to chase out al Qaeda -- and did not address the fundamental problem of Afghans.
Today, only several thousand troops remain there, and more are coming home every day.
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Indeed, a majority of Americans would commit ground troops only against terrorist training camps.
He called for NATO countries to not only send more troops, but also to allow those troops more flexibility.
The British say they are using them to destroy large numbers of Iraqi troops only when they move into open ground.
President Bill Clinton made it plain, through a spokesman, that he considered the meeting's outcome a move in the right direction, though he did not like Mr Milosevic's vow that he would withdraw his troops only if terrorism ended.
Rumsfeld responded that the 6, 000 National Guard troops the president mentioned make up only about 2 percent of Guard and Reserve troops.
After all, we had only 40, 000 troops in South Korea, while at the height of the Vietnam War we had had more than 500, 000 in Vietnam.
British defence sources said the rules of engagement stipulated the NATO troops could only use force in self-defence or if the safety of the soldiers was threatened.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is overseeing the peacekeeping mission, has said in the past that troops will only go in if there is a ceasefire.
Dr Carre says the term "best allies" well describes Britain and France - two well matched powers, with similar priorities, who are "the only two nations sending troops all the time, everywhere".
Nowadays he can probably count on only about 1, 500 troops, far fewer than before.
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The Lebanese Cabinet decided only yesterday to let the troops move beyond the Litani River, which is a very strategic point.
Only a massive deployment of troops could provide that kind of pause.
The report raises serious questions about UK government claims that only 9, 000 British troops were in the direct path of the plume of smoke.
Ethiopian officials dislike being portrayed as stooges for the previous American administration's war on terror and say their troops would return only under an international mandate and in smaller numbers.
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Last week, an eight-hour meeting between Thai and Cambodian officials ended with both sides agreeing on only one point: that troops each country has amassed at the site of the temple will not fire on each other.
Pressed about the other 1, 300 promised troops, officials would only say that they were on the way.
She is also said to have single-handedly rounded-up a dozen French troops while armed with only a pitchfork.
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There are currently only a few thousand African union troops trying to safeguard an area roughly the size of Texas.
Sir Michael said any deployment of ground troops would probably be only for a short period, with very clearly defined objectives.
Nor did Serbia's generals appear to agree that only a few hundred of their troops should remain in Kosovo in the longer run.
General Powell is no isolationist, someone who thinks American troops should be used only in the case of an attack on the American mainland.
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