1.   An FBI affidavit said Lindh learned in early June that bin Laden had sent people to the United States to carry out suicide operations.

2.   There has been a recent increase in transnational terrorism in which fanatic Islamic activists have been willing to carry out suicide operations.

3.   French officials said later that the air pirates had planned to blow the plane up in a suicide operation over or near Paris.

4.   Hamas and another radical group, Islamic Jihad, have claimed responsibility for a majority of suicide operations against Israelis.

5.   He asked the Israeli government to let him enter Israel to persuade militant group leaders to end to suicide operations.

6.   Lebanon remains technically at war with Israel, but Beirut has never endorsed suicide operations.

7.   Lindh learned in early June that bin Laden had sent people to the United States to carry out suicide operations, according to an FBI affidavit.

8.   Moroccan authorities believe Billal is a top leader of al-Qaida in charge of planning suicide operations, but say they do not know his whereabouts.

9.   Moroccan authorities believe Billal is a top leader of al-Qaida in charge of planning suicide operations, but said they do not know his whereabouts.

10.   Moroccan police have arrested three Saudi nationals who were planning suicide operations against American and British warships in the Strait of Gibraltar, key government officials said Monday.