21.  As they waited, the line grew constantly as Serb forces continued pushing groups of refugees toward the border.

22.  Aside from the dispute over a resolution, the Serb commanders are reportedly pressing NATO to keep the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army from attacking the withdrawing Serb forces.

23.  At a news conference here Wednesday Morris said the border between Montenegro and Croatia had been closed by Serb forces, cutting off that escape route.

24.  At the Pentagon, officials were beginning to speculate that Serb forces in the field could be close to a catastrophic collapse.

25.  Atrocities by the Serb forces of Slobodan Milosevic were exaggerated and, he said, the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo were also guilty of mass killing.

26.  At the same time, a high-ranking Serbian adviser told CNN that Serb forces were not holding the pilot.

27.  Authorities here also worry that preparations to use U.S. Apache attack helicopters to target Serb forces along the border could provoke Serb retaliation against the refugees.

28.  Because the NATO planes were long gone, there was suspicion the Serb forces were trying give the impression of a battle.

29.  Bosnian Serb forces were frantically reinforcing their defensive positions near the town this week with tanks and artillery pieces.

30.  Bosnian Serb forces, meanwhile, claimed to have captured several towns in northwestern Bosnia.