21.   By withdrawing, the Chechens have preserved what remains of their fighting forces, ammunition and other materiel.

22.   By holding voting for the six seats in Parliament allotted to Kashmir, the Indian government aimed to show that a large fighting force has beaten back the insurgency.

23.   Despite the turn of events this month, many Afghans still recall with pride the days when the Taliban emerged as a fighting force.

24.   Estimates of the percentage of non-Afghans in the Taliban main fighting force vary greatly.

25.   For years, Yeltsin has made promises to end the unpopular draft and turn the military into a professional fighting force, but the promises have not been kept.

26.   Former RUF child combatants during a ceremony in Makeni, in which they were released from the fighting forces.

27.   Furthermore, Polmar argues, the Japanese fighting forces were famous for their reluctance to surrender, choosing instead to fight to the last man in banzai attacks.

28.   He also vowed to improve intelligence training and advocated a fighting force that makes heavy use of commandos, on-the-ground intelligence, and air strikes.

29.   He and others with solid military experience have been credited over the last year with transforming the KLA from the ragtag peasant force into a well-coordinated fighting force.

30.   He remained on the run even after other fugitive leaders surrendered to the government, along with virtually all their fighting forces.