1.   The capture of the senior al-Qaida prisoners occurred the same day that U.S. aircraft pounded the cave complex near Khost.

2.   U.S. aircraft have been pounding the Kandahar area for weeks to soften Taliban defenses and support the mujahadeen fighters advancing on the city.

3.   Russian aircraft also pounded rebel targets just west of Chechnya in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.

4.   Those aircraft will pound any Iraqi anti-aircraft unit that dares threaten McCarthy or the other men in his Wild Boars squadron.

5.   U.S. aircraft have been pounding the Kandahar area intensively for weeks to soften Taliban defenses and support Afghan fighters advancing on the city.

6.   U.S. attack aircraft pounded Taliban artillery and tank positions and command centers outside of the city Monday, Nadim said in a satellite telephone interview with The Associated Press.

7.   Israeli aircraft pounded Hezbollah strongholds in the Iqlim al-Touffah ridge in south Lebanon on Wednesday, drawing heavy retaliatory fire, police said.

8.   And Israeli aircraft also pounded the Syrian-controlled eastern Bekaa Valley, where Hezbollah has a strong influence.

9.   Columns of Russian armoured vehicles inch into Grozny, amid fierce rebel resistance, while Russian aircraft pound targets around the city.

10.   Since Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced a peace plan for the breakaway Caucasus republic of Chechnya at the end of March, Russian aircraft have repeatedly pounded Chechen villages.