1.   The bombings appeared to indicate a new strategy of bombing tourist complexes while observing its declared suspension of military activities.

2.   -- Both bombings appear to have been the work of ill-trained amateurs.

3.   Experts in the private sector, however, said the bombing appeared to be the work of Islamic radicals who have operated in the United States in increasing numbers.

4.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting victims in a Tel Aviv hospital, said the bombing appeared to the work of a Palestinian terrorist.

5.   Officials with the firearms bureau in Washington said bombings nationwide appear to be on the rise.

6.   The bombing appeared aimed at demoralizing civilians, when support has been growing for the rebellion over the last two months.

7.   The bombing does not appear to be the work of an ingenious conspiracy fomented by a well-organized, well-financed extremist group.

8.   The bombing appeared to be a well-coordinated ambush in which the troops were lured to the area by what appeared to be one bomb.

9.   The bombing appeared to follow a pattern set over several years in which extremist groups have used terror to try to upset Israelis and derail upcoming peace talks.

10.   The stepped-up American bombing appeared to prompt increased fire from Taliban forces on Northern Alliance positions at Bagram, north of Kabul.