41.   Elite British and Australian commandos prepared to join U.S. special operations forces near Afghanistan.

42.   For two weeks, U.S. bombers blasted away at cavernous hideaways as Afghan troops, sometimes accompanied by U.S. special operations units, pressed ahead on the ground.

43.   Franks wants to wage a more conventional war and Rumsfeld wants to rely more heavily on special operations troops, Heyman said.

44.   Guided by U.S. special operations forces, U.S. pilots were able to find the target a surprisingly large number of times, the prisoners reported.

45.   He is an officer in a special operations unit that fights crack dealers in the housing projects of Mobile.

46.   He noted that special operations forces from other nations had joined the Americans in the region and were working more closely with Pashtun tribes opposed to the Taliban.

47.   He said senators wanted to know whether the special operations units were achieving their goals.

48.   He soon was part of special operations, a unit for covert activities like recruitment and assassination.

49.   He said he knows of no civilian injuries or deaths during an urban special operations exercise.

50.   Heyman said the United States and its allies inevitably will have to establish bases in Afghanistan for special operations forces and raiders, and possibly regular troops.