1.   He received a medal for his service in the Gulf War and had made food drops in Somalia, Kurdistan and Yugoslavia.

2.   At least four houses were damaged by the food drops which crashed through roofs.

3.   Bush, according to Hughes, decided early on that he wanted the bombing runs immediately followed by food drops.

4.   It was unclear how quickly those food drops would begin.

5.   Often, food drops end up in the wrong hands or get smashed into useless pieces upon landing.

6.   Our bombs on the bad will alternate with food drops on the good.

7.   Others said that the food drops conducted by the Air Force were blurring the line between what were supposed to be parallel military and aid campaigns.

8.   Shortly before we arrived, Simpson was taken hostage in southern Sudan, marched across the countryside and held for three days until he was ransomed with food drops.

9.   So far, American help has not been visible, except for an aerial food drop near the airport last week.

10.   The U.S. military made similar food drops in Kosovo just before the air strikes on Yugoslavia.