21.   American airstrikes on Iraq have been averted, at least for now, by United Nations diplomacy.

22.   As the Taliban left, they ran into intense American airstrikes, Khaqzar said.

23.   Diane and Vic Saul left Florida for Germany on Sunday, arriving in time to catch news of American airstrikes on Afghanistan from their hotel room.

24.   Ghafur said Taliban fighters were sleeping in the homes of civilians to escape the American airstrikes.

25.   Nobody knows how many survived American airstrikes in October and November.

26.   Officials believe he fled Tora Bora in early December as allied troops, aided by U.S. Special Forces and American airstrikes, closed in.

27.   Officials believe he fled Tora Bora in early December as pro-U.S. Afghan troops, aided by U.S. Special Forces and American airstrikes, closed in.

28.   Once the American airstrikes began, they knew it was time to leave.

29.   Rumsfeld said American airstrikes have killed some leaders of the ruling Taliban military and al-Qaida, but not the top ones.

30.   Since then, the United States has sent more warships to the Gulf and speculation about American airstrikes has deepened.