61.   Hospital officials said the operation had gone well and that Haavisto was recovering in the intensive care ward.

62.   Hospital spokeswoman Louise Cummings said his operation had gone well.

63.   If the Israeli operation had gone as planned, Abu Hanoud would be dead or in Israeli hands.

64.   If the operation went smoothly, the Geneva-based ICRC hopes to send supplies to the north of the country, where he said the needs are greatest.

65.   In presenting the plan to the prime minister, the Mossad did not emphasize enough that the operation could go wrong, the panel said.

66.   It was not clear whether the operation was still going on late Thursday.

67.   King said the sand off Tang Island was much finer than that off the test sites, and so the operation went much faster than expected.

68.   Lynch said the operation went smoothly and the kangaroo is expected to make a full recovery.

69.   Maj. John, of Chicago, Illinois, said he had not expected the operation to go by so fast.

70.   Meanwhile, Transport Minister Publio Fiori said he would form a committee of inquiry into the cause of the fire and the way the rescue operations went.