Many are tiny enclaves in or near Palestinian towns and land, guarded by Israeli troops who make the Palestinians feel like hated intruders in their own homes.
After a 50-minute drive escorted by a military jeep with a United Nations flag, the bus unloads Han-seul and a score of other students at Taesung Elementary, the only school inside the Korean demilitarized zone, a heavily armed no man's land guarded on both sides by nearly two million troops facing off in an uneasy truce.
People of the Iskut Nation, whose lands guard the gateway to the Sacred Headwaters, have also joined in protests.
For the first time since the Gulf war, American troops are in a foreign land, not guarding an embassy, protecting aid workers or trying to keep a peace, but fighting an enemy.
Even within the Presidential compound, he moved by car, in his motorcade of black Land Cruisers, guarded by Ugandan troops.
On this garrisonlike island, every strip of beach where enemy troops might be able to land is guarded by mines, steel columns and concrete walls.
"The level of defence spending reflects the amount necessary to protect Japan's air, sea and land, and guard the lives and property of our citizens".
"The level of defence spending reflects the amount necessary to protect Japan's air, sea and land, and guard the lives and property of our citizens". He noted that Chinese naval ships were appearing more frequently near Japan's waters and its fighter jets were being flown "abnormally close" to Japanese aircraft.
He had his first recruiting coup in October, when Wagner landed guard Dwaun Anderson from Michigan.
Membership in the 12-nation euro zone is one of the most contentious issues facing Mr. Blair in a land used to guarding its island aloofness and to cherishing its pound sterling as an emblem of national sovereignty.
