81.   At six months, this will be the longest joint exercise and the first in a combat zone, with both trainers and trainees issued live ammunition.

82.   At issue are security measures for rebel officials, withdrawal of troops from combat zones and transportation of government and rebel soldiers to demobilization centers.

83.   Bush reportedly has approved moving the U.S. force closer to the combat zone for training purposes.

84.   But Freyre said questions of how far and how fast troops would pull back from the combat zone remained unsettled.

85.   But in order to deploy peacekeepers, they must rely on the goodwill of both sides, which have blocked peacekeepers from combat zones.

86.   But in order to deploy peacekeepers, they must rely on the goodwill of the warring sides, which have blocked the peacekeepers from combat zones.

87.   But some Special Forces personnel may accompany Filipino soldiers into combat zones and are authorized to shoot in self-defense.

88.   But he said details on how far and how fast troops would pull back from the combat zone remained to be settled.

89.   But the U.S. troops did later help administer to the wounded, and their response marked the second time Americans had moved into combat zones to help wounded Filipinos.

90.   But in order to deploy peacekeepers, they were still relying on the goodwill of the warring sides, which have blocked the peacekeepers from combat zones.