71.  They are, however, allowed to engage in battle if attacked by hostile forces.

72.  US claims that an air attack on a road convoy last Thursday was targeted at hostile forces received backing Monday from the new Afghan Border Affairs Minister Amanullah Zadram.

73.  Washington says the convoy contained hostile forces.

74.  Russian troops moved in Saturday in central Grozny to protect international mediators whose mission had been briefly surrounded the day before by hostile Chechen forces.