1.   Furthermore American military planning for general war in Europe remained equivocal.

2.   The American military had indeed been giving some some tentative thought to the use of atomic weapons in response to the Chinese victories in Korea.

3.   In reply the American military cautiously expressed a preference for joint action within existing alliances such as Nato or Seato rather than any new bilateral arrangements.

4.   Americans have not become so accustomed to televised, high-tech, easily winnable wars that they expect the American military to win the next one without casualties.

5.   Although the American military is famous for its high-technology precision weapons, the Pentagon has relied on some of its oldest arms to attack Taliban ground forces.

6.   American justice that is probing the caves and mountains bin Laden assumed would protect him and his family from the wrath of the American military.

7.   --And he called for a strengthening of the American military.

8.   And now American military per sonnel tour the ruins, haggling for Turkish rugs and pottery along the way.

9.   Another question is whether the return of the bases will ease opposition to the American military in Okinawa, or whether it will trigger further demands for base cutbacks.

10.   Aoyama did not appear to be implicating the American military.