21.   Hagenbeck said that even as the U.S. began to rout the enemy forces with heavy bombing and ground combat, the fighters continued to enter the valley.

22.   Hall said Tuesday that ending the embargo would not put U.N. troops at an unacceptable risk or draw the United States into major ground combat.

23.   Hall, of Dayton, said Tuesday that ending the embargo would not put U.N. troops at an unacceptable risk or draw the United States into major ground combat.

24.   However, he said Pakistani and Indian tanks have stayed back from the border, suggesting heavy ground combat is not imminent.

25.   It would drive a wedge between the United States and its Western allies, and eventually would lead to U.S. troops becoming involved in ground combat, he said.

26.   It still has a significant potential for ground combat.

27.   President George W. Bush, in Shanghai, China, refused to confirm reports that U.S. special forces are in Afghanistan for ground combat.

28.   That course would drive a wedge between the United States and its Western allies and eventually would lead to U.S. troops becoming involved in ground combat, he said.

29.   The extensive firepower indicated heavy ground combat, they said.

30.   The extensive firepower indicated heavy ground combat.