It rankled the German-American soldier that General Joseph Hooker had blamed German troops of the 11th Corps for his defeat at Chancellorsville.

The building was the third destroyed by insurgents since Sept. 29, the military said, with insurgents trying to blame American troops for the demolitions afterward.

Palestinians blamed Israeli troops for today's shooting, while Israel said it was part of an internal Palestinian dispute, The Associated Press reported.

A senior Iraqi spokesman initially blamed American troops but later said responsibility for the skirmish was unclear.

He blamed French troops for attacks on Ivoirians and promised an investigation into the airstrikes that killed the French peacekeepers.

Palestinians have blamed Israeli troops, but Israel says its soldiers did not fire at the time the girl was shot.

A6 The United Nations blames Liberian troops for a massacre.

A1 Two Iraqi policemen and three Iraqi civilians were killed south of Baghdad during a gunfight for which an Iraqi spokesman initially blamed American troops.

Don't you think the emphasis should now be on thinking of how to deactivate quickly hundreds of thousands of mines with non-Soviet markings, rather than blaming Soviet troops?