31.   The attacks appeared to be helping rebel ground troops, the so-called Northern Alliance, move forward against the Taliban.

32.   The rebel troops wasted no time in cracking down on disorder in Kisangani.

33.   The United States also tried again to put more special forces on the ground to assist the rebel troops, but freezing rain caused the mission to be aborted.

34.   There are none of the irregular forces or renegade rebel troops that can make peacekeeping operations far more complicated, uncertain and treacherous.

35.   There are persistent but unconfirmed reports the rebel troops have massacred Hutu civilians in their territory, hardening the resolve of the Hutu guerrillas not to surrender.

36.   There have been unconfirmed reports from local farmers of massacres by rebel troops.

37.   They say narcotics use among rebel troops is prohibited.

38.   Two days later, rebel troops were being flown boldly to the opposite end of the country, where they opened a front near Kinshasa in the west.

39.   U.S. Special Forces are in southern Afghanistan helping rebel troops by providing them with arms and supplies and calling in air attacks, Franks said.

40.   Walking hundreds of miles to look for a safe place to live, the Lost Boys battled raging rivers, starvation, rebel troops and animal attacks.