1.  A military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border area is now safe.

2.  A military spokesman would not reveal the exact location of the search area.

3.  An Israeli military spokesman denied that any artillery had been fired yesterday after clashes on Saturday night with guerrillas of Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim militia backed by Iran.

4.  Although Turkish military spokesmen had implied on Friday that all the hijackers were in custody, it turned out Saturday morning that only four had surrendered.

5.  An American military spokesman, however, said that there had been no bombing error and that the target struck was military.

6.  An Israeli military spokesman said the fusillade thwarted a planned terror attack.

7.  An American soldier died on Tuesday, seemingly by suicide, the military spokesman, Col. Barry Willey, announced.

8.  Arriving with overwhelming strength of numbers, the troops were able to seize an antiaircraft gun among other weaponry, an American military spokesman said on Saturday.

9.  At Bagram, US military spokesman Major Bryan Hilferty said in an interview that he believed the operation may take just a few days.

10.  At the Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, the Afghan capital, Maj. Bryan Hilferty, a U.S. military spokesman, offered his condolences to the victims.