11.   Instead, within a week the president announced a benefits package for the former combatants.

12.   Not all former combatants are boys.

13.   Some former Contra commanders are now American citizens and live in the United States, which former combatants still living here believe could help strengthen their case.

14.   That, de Burca said, would reward the former combatants.

15.   The Dayton agreement calls for the former combatants to reduce their weapons.

16.   The intent is to demonstrate their forceful presence as a reminder to the former combatants in the multi-sided Bosnia conflict that renewed violence is not an option.

17.   The weariness of war is palpable, among civilians and former combatants alike.

18.   A new army composed of fighters from both sides will not be able to take in all the former combatants.

19.   A U.N. task force is studying ways to satisfy the former combatants without neglecting the rights of their victims.

20.   After the war ended, many former combatants from both sides joined gangs, which are now accused of robberies and killings.