31.   However, President John F. Kennedy declined to send in forces to support them.

32.   Ideally, the officials hoped, such a decision would bring Milosevic to capitulate without the need to send those forces into battle.

33.   In previous attacks, Israel has sent forces into Ramallah, the unofficial capital of the Palestinians.

34.   In the fighting, Serbia, which long craved an Adriatic port, sent forces into Albania.

35.   Indeed, when NATO forces were sent to Bosnia three years ago, policy makers felt they were forestalling just such a messy escalation.

36.   Interestingly, some observers see the potential for U.S.-European friction if an American ground force is sent.

37.   It would be irresponsible for the Pentagon to send forces into combat with inadequate combat training, he said.

38.   Ivanov also accused NATO of covertly planning to send ground forces into the region and of coordinating its aerial attacks with the Kosovo Liberation Army.

39.   Last week, NATO ruled out sending forces immediately but said it would consider deployment as an option.

40.   Lebanon has said it sent its forces into the border region only to keep peace among local Shiite Muslims and Christians.