21.   Ramos and others already are providing some counseling to needy former fighters and are in contact with similar upstart organizations in an effort to pool resources.

22.   Remi was widely rumored to be heading into Macedonia to join many of his former fighters and commanders from Kosovo days, who are now in western Macedonia.

23.   Smits plays Arturo Ortega, a former fighter who never made it to the top.

24.   Some tribal leaders remain sympathetic to the Taliban and are willing to conceal former fighters out of longstanding loyalties.

25.   Surrounded by former fighters, now all dressed in dark suits, Ahmeti was speaking in this mountain village in western Macedonia that has been his headquarters.

26.   The former Taliban fighters, who are Pushtuns like Karzai, could prove a key source of support for his incoming administration.

27.   The nominee, Daryl Jones, is an Air Force Academy graduate and a former fighter pilot who is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve.

28.   The three former fighters are now said to be back in touch with the Taliban.

29.   There are a lot of Albanians, former fighters and ordinary people, who want to contribute to the building of a new society, Bajrami said.

30.   They also made frequent flights to Taszar, another former fighter base in southern Hungary, for overland shipment into Bosnia.