1.   When Barak ordered Israeli warplanes to bomb civilian targets in Lebanon early this month, relations sunk to a low point.

2.   The United States orders additional warplanes nearer to the Persian Gulf.

3.   U.S. defense secretary orders more warplanes to Gulf.

4.   US orders additional warplanes to Europe for possible airstrikes.

5.   The United Nations Thursday confirmed that it would order NATO warplanes to launch air strikes if the terms of a warning was not complied with.

6.   Sharon, a long-time opponent of the Oslo accords, ordered the warplanes into action in response to a deadly suicide attack in the northern Israeli town of Netanya.