At least a few American military observers here were not surprised.

In May 2003 two military observers were killed by militia.

"We were supposed at the beginning to have a few dozen military observers."

The military observers would come mainly from other African countries, officials here said.

We were called "military observers" which is a rather grand title.

United Nations military observers have been denied access to the area.

As of March 2008, 113 countries were contributing a total 88,862 military observers, police, and troops.

The new force will consist of some 2,500 soldiers and include 331 military observers.

Military and civilian observers from every major power closely followed the course of the war.

For the past two weeks Frank had been doing just that, and like the military observers at the front, he was getting conflicting reports.