The army had previously insisted it must keep the shops open because otherwise political ground would be ceded to the Palestinian resistance.

The restraint was not out of any military fear of fighting on two fronts, the army insisted.

The army insists that they be tried by an internal court martial, and not a civilian court.

The army insists the smaller bands 'are not musically viable'.

The army has repeatedly insisted that there will be no coup.

The army insists that its forces have remained neutral in the fighting.

"The army insists that orders be carried out exactly."

The army insists it is acting only as a buffer between the Serbs and Croats.

On Sunday, the army insisted that the men bravely submitted rather than cause "carnage" by firing into the crowd.

The army insisted it was not unusual for soldiers to be armed and in civilian clothes.