1.  But he said a pilot typically would have undergone a thorough pre-mission briefing alerting him to friendly forces in the area, scheduled training missions and other matters.

2.  But is it a friendly force or a hostile one?

3.  But with forces friendly to the Kremlin now running NTV and Itogi, and Sevodnya shut down, he is the obvious beneficiary.

4.  Franks acknowledged that US forces have limited ability in some cases to correctly identify friendly forces.

5.  In more than five months of fighting, there have been numerous claims by Afghans that American forces had accidentally attacked friendly forces at times.

6.  In more than five months of fighting, there have been numerous claims by Afghans that U.S. forces had accidentally attacked friendly forces at times.

7.  It is, forever, a friendly force of nature and a nurturing spirit, familiar as grass.

8.  No company dislikes having a block of stock controled by friendly forces, either.

9.  Occasionally there would be a round that fell in the middle of friendly forces.

10.  Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has also acknowledged that friendly forces might have been killed in the raid, which is under investigation by the U.S. Central Command.