1.   And while pilots take any surface-to-air missiles seriously, the missiles Wednesday never seriously threatened the warplanes overhead, the officials said.

2.   On two earlier occasions, the Americans fired air-to-surface missiles at Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries in the zones after its warplanes were threatened.

3.   Twice in late December, the Americans fired air-to-surface missiles at Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries in the zones after its warplanes were threatened.

4.   The State Department delivered a new diplomatic warning to Baghdad on Tuesday not to threaten allied warplanes patrolling exclusion zones over northern and southern Iraq.

5.   President Bill Clinton said Tuesday he is deploying more troops to Kuwait and the State Department delivered a new diplomatic warning to Baghdad not to threaten allied warplanes.