1.   Before a fighter is sent into battle, he must write a letter to be given to his family should he die.

2.   In January, Musharraf banned several militant Islamic groups, including some that have sent fighters across the border into Indian-ruled Kashmir.

3.   Kashmiri militant groups acknowledged that they have been stymied in their efforts to send fighters into India after a stiff warning by the Pakistani government.

4.   Lt. Col. Rich McClain, a spokesman for MacDill, said he could not discuss why the fighters were sent from Homestead instead of MacDill.

5.   A flurry of blows in the final round that sent both fighters bleeding slightly aroused the crowd.

6.   A renegade Tajik military commander routed a rival warlord on Friday, sending his fighters fleeing to Uzbekistan after a three-day siege on an industrial city.

7.   A Ukrainian ultranationalist said Tuesday that his group has sent fighters to Chechnya and is also seeking ways to oust Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

8.   Agha denied claims that he has sent fighters westward toward Herat, the stronghold of regional warlord Ismail Khan, an ally of Iran.

9.   Al Qaida also is known to have sent fighters to Chechnya, Bosnia and Kosovo.

10.   Captured fighters were sent before Islamic judges for trial, and the courts expanded.