21.  The supposedly friendly forces traded automatic gunfire for hours on the outskirts of the autonomous West Bank towns of Ramallah and Bethlehem, following riots by Palestinians.

22.  U.S. planes often returned to this carrier with their bombs Wednesday as a result of diminishing targets and the risk of hitting friendly forces and civilians.

23.  U.S. officials are interrogating prisoners, scrutinizing surveillance photos and asking for help from friendly forces in trying to track down top Taliban and al-Qaida leaders.

24.  --While serving with friendly foreign forces in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

25.  Franks said he ordered the investigation after Karzai told him he believed that some of those killed were friendly forces.

26.  The Pentagon would not say when he first tried to make radio contact with friendly forces, or how often he tried.

27.  The United States also launched a bombing attack over the weekend in support of friendly forces in Khost.

28.  The United States has also been bombing in support of friendly forces in Afghanistan, over the weekend carrying out another attack in Khost.

29.  Villagers and local officials have complained that those killed in the raid were forces friendly to the interim government who were gathering weapons as part of a disarmament campaign.

30.  Last month the US launched air strikes in Khost province after friendly Afghan forces came under attack.