Only the presidential guard, made of troops from Mr Bozize's own ethnic group, has real firepower.
Gen. Yahya Ralso-Safavi, also told the official Arabic-language Al Alam television that the Guards had thousands of troops trained for suicide missions in case Iran was threatened.
In June, a teenage North Korean soldier strolled across the DMZ, which is strewn with landmines and guarded by thousands of troops, and spent the night near a South Korean military post before turning himself in.
At 05:10AM, on August 22, an advance guard of 4,000 British troops, under the command of Clinton and Cornwallis, left Staten Island to land on Long Island.
At Stockach, Nauendorf again commanded the Austrian advanced guard, which was composed of troops seasoned, as he had been, in the Habsburg border wars.
The road has been out of bounds for almost a week, with large number of troops guarding every inch of it.
Belgium has deployed hundreds of troops to guard potential targets, such as government buildings and Jewish schools.
Saudi authorities took extensive security precautions this year, assigning thousands of troops to guard against the possibility of attacks by Al Qaeda.
The pact was brokered by Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, which has sent hundreds of troops to guard Hutu leaders returning from exile.
On Tuesday, Ms. Kumaratunga, 58, suspended Parliament, took control of the powerful ministries of defense, the interior and communications and dispatched a small number of troops to guard crucial government institutions.
Aware that people living near the nation's eight chemical weapons depots have become much more nervous since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Army has tightened security at them, sending in hundreds of troops to guard the perimeters.
