"These ships have the capability of responding to any perceived threat in the air or sea," the statement said, and they carry marines and sailors who can "provide security forces, surgical teams, and limited hospital bed capacity".
The imprisoned Serbs began a hunger strike on April 12, protesting what they call "unbalanced prisoner treatment" at the hands of Western officials who are providing security forces here and trying to form a new civilian administration.
No government-provided security forces are guarding the compound, and Libyan investigators have visited just once, according to a member of the family who owns the compound and who allowed the journalists to enter Wednesday.
This UN peacekeeping force provided security during the transition period between 1996 and 1998.
The NATO-led KFOR (the Kosovo Force) provided security.
In his book "Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State," the historian Alfred McCoy writes, "For well over a hundred years, a transnational alliance of U.S. and Filipino forces have provided security at the price of compromising human rights and slowing social progress".
Peter Jacob, a Lahore-based Christian human rights activist, said the Christian community took precautions in the week leading up to Easter Sunday and that government forces had provided security to major Christian neighborhoods in the city.
I often argue that the fundamental, irreducible function of government is to protect people and provide security from forces beyond their control.
Often, when we find out the location of a wanted bad guy, coalition forces will go down and provide security while I.A. forces actually go in and get him.
France's ministry of interior supported the decision to hold the festival and had provided additional security forces, he added.
Mr. Peres today repeated a statement he had made on Monday that Israel was prepared to withdraw from some West Bank cities, provided Palestinian security forces would ensure Israelis' security.
