31.   The mightiest superpower in history, it seems, has suddenly been laid naked by terrorists willing to use commerical aircraft as weapons in a war that targets civilians.

32.   The Pentagon dismisses such charges, insisting that NATO has never intentionally targeted civilians.

33.   The United States has repeatedly said it is not targeting civilians.

34.   They deliberately target civilians, and flatly reject any rules of war.

35.   U.S. military officials have been fighting a propaganda war over bomb damage with the Taliban, which claims the Americans are targeting civilians.

36.   Unlike the Serbian assault on Kosovo, the alliance is not deliberately targeting civilians.

37.   When Israel civilians have been targeted, Israel has responded with punishing strikes, such as attacks in Beirut last summer.

38.   While admitting that some bombs have gone astray, the Pentagon has said that civilians were never targeted.

39.   You have to intentionally target civilians.

40.   Zaeef said US bombs hit two more villages, and accused the United States of targeting civilians.