1.   The devastating air bombardment of the last four weeks is only the latest of a series of assaults by foreign armies.

2.   And Western officials said that the Bosnian Serbs were hoping that their reports of civilian casualties would erode international support for continuing air bombardment.

3.   As always, air bombardment has led to commitment of ground forces.

4.   But just over half way through the air bombardment, NATO took a strategic decision.

5.   In both cases, Chechen forces withdrew after heavy artillery and air bombardment from encircling Russian forces.

6.   In some instances, the night time air bombardments might have emboldened the Serbs while they still had time, some military experts said.

7.   That followed a long night of the fiercest Israeli land, sea and air bombardment of Palestinian security installations in the Gaza Strip since violence erupted last fall.

8.   The case for the air bombardment has taken much more selling.

9.   The troops would be sent after weeks more of allied air bombardment when Yugoslav forces were weakened to the point where they could only put up scattered resistance.

10.   The United States is not planning a massive air bombardment to weaken a foe who would then be vanquished by a ground attack.