The Rasina Corps at that time had about 1,500 fighters under arms.

When the airlift finally started in early April, about 570 fighters were ready.

The rebelling prisoners were among about 100 fighters captured early today and late Tuesday as they fled, government officials said.

About 130 people were believed to be holed up in the area, about 70 fighters and 60 civilians.

By December 1974, the guerrillas numbered about 100 fighters, with a 400 person support network.

Colonel Anderson said the Americans had identified three cells here of about 100 fighters each, a small number given the city's size.

She thought that there were about 100 Chechen fighters, but mostly remembers their faces.

He ruled out a personal vendetta, though, and said the Taliban had about 2,000 fighters in the area.

In the last several years, the size of the rebel force has declined from about 12,000 fighters to an estimated 7,000.

In addition to the anti-aircraft fire, about 125 German fighters repeatedly attacked the formation.