31.  Their concern was heightened with the disclosure on Thursday evening that five Iranians were seized with six other foreign volunteers by French forces on Bosnian government territory.

32.  Then, with the outbreak of war, she joined the French Red Cross and was soon an ambulance driver with a French expeditionary force in Finland.

33.  These forces will be in addition to any United States troops that may be sent to Rwanda, as well as the French forces already there.

34.  A pullout by French forces from Bosnia would likely set in motion a chain of withdrawals by other contributing nations.

35.  A statement issued in Paris said Chirac also pledged to keep French forces in Bosnia as long as they are needed to preserve peace.

36.  Also, French forces more than once intervened to help Mobutu during revolts and secessionist movements.

37.  At a Defense Ministry weekly briefing, a French official declined to say how French forces would react if a U.S. plane is attacked.

38.  But Socialist leader Lionel Jospin said French forces were justified in seizing the Greenpeace ship.

39.  Cluzel said French naval forces are experienced in interdiction operations through previous conflicts, including the Balkan war, and anti-narcotic operations in the Caribbean.

40.  Chirac said Sunday, just after the air strikes on Afghanistan began, that French forces would be involved, but he did not elaborate.