31.  Even Canadian officers who fought alongside Americans in the operation acknowledged that there were few direct engagements with enemy forces.

32.  For the first time in more than a month, U.S. soldiers at the airport in Kandahar exchanged gunfire with enemy forces outside the compound.

33.  For hours on end, the Farris boys and several neighborhood friends waged battle against enemy forces, knocking off different body parts until the final blow is struck.

34.  Franks said that the convoy contained enemy forces.

35.  He also noted that early estimates of the size of the enemy force hunkered in the mountains were likely incorrect.

36.  He and others in his observer unit voluntarily stayed back as other U.S. infantry forces were being forced to withdraw from the town by a much larger enemy force.

37.  He declined to say whether Marines in recent days have engaged enemy forces on the outskirts of Kandahar.

38.  He said such a device would be especially valuable for troops operating in towns and cities because it could spot enemy forces long before soldiers could.

39.  He noted that enemy forces are no longer operating in large groups and are therefore a more difficult threat to address.

40.  I found myself alone in a forest, surrounded by enemy forces, with my fellow soldiers all dead.