21.   Its strategic airstrip was protected by forces loyal to the government but surrounded by brutal rebels who controlled the rest of eastern Sierra Leone.

22.   Mohammad blamed the fighting among forces loyal to two brothers who are US-allied commanders.

23.   On Sunday, the Afghan forces loyal to Khan and the American Special Forces returned to examine the site.

24.   Russian Interior Ministry troops and Chechen paramilitary forces loyal to Moscow began the operation to seize Grozny on Saturday after a heavy Russian bombardment.

25.   Seven days ago, in their most important victory, they routed a force loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, widely considered to be the most ruthless guerrilla leader.

26.   Some residents also blamed forces loyal to Noriega for setting fires that raged through their neighborhood.

27.   Some thought him a wily rebel commander back then, with gangs of spies in Kabul and loyal forces east of the capital.

28.   The aim was to protect minority groups then under attack by forces loyal to President Saddam Hussein.

29.   The fall of Kamina represented another major blow to forces loyal to Mobutu.

30.   The investigation of sites where Hutus from Rwanda may have been killed by forces loyal to Kabila beginning late last year was to have begun on Monday.