61.   Despite overwhelming support among civilians for an international force, there is great fear that Afghan faction commanders and soldiers will view the British marines as an occupation force.

62.   Deterring a new round of civil war in Afghanistan will probably require the expansion of the international peacekeeping force, which is currently restricted to Kabul.

63.   Earlier in the day, commanders of the international forces here signaled their determination to proceed, perhaps with force if necessary, by taking an unusual step.

64.   Earlier this year, the United States vetoed a Palestinian resolution calling on the United Nations to send an international monitoring force to Israel.

65.   Election supervisors and the U.S-led international military force said their main goal was security and peaceful elections.

66.   Even so, the international force will be operating in the vicinity of heavily armed Hutu and Tutsi militia factions.

67.   Five European soldiers who were part of the international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital of Kabul were killed Wednesday when anti-aircraft missiles they were trying to defuse exploded.

68.   Following the massacre, the international force did intervene, sending Hutu extremists outside the Rwanda borders to refugee camps.

69.   For Arafat, an international peacekeeping force is a major part of that effort.

70.   France, Spain, Mali, and South Africa have pledged troops to an international force.