21.   McNeill raised an eyebrow to express disagreement when told that some soldiers still considered Bagram a battle zone.

22.   Reports from areas of fighting have been difficult to obtain because of restrictions on outside journalists in battle zones.

23.   Some whistled over the house en route to the downtown battle zone two miles away.

24.   State Department spokesman James Rubin did not directly link his warning on war crimes with the forced movement of civilians back into the battle zone.

25.   Suddenly, what had been routine practice resembled a battle zone.

26.   The battle zones have ballooned and the candidates plan to spend their final days scurrying through a long list of undecided states from Washington to Florida.

27.   The convoy was headed through a battle zone, and army commanders cited security concerns in holding it back.

28.   The former battle zone near the Guazapa volcano is being converted into a memorial park.

29.   The government has banned reporters from the battle zone and imposed severe censorship on the press.

30.   The Indians say they have documents from Pakistani soldiers in the battle zone, but the Pakistanis say the evidence is bogus.