1.   American war planners saw nuclear weapons as a way of bringing a determined and fanatical enemy to his knees within minimum casualties for the United States.

2.   And yet the topographical and meteorological conditions of Afghanistan, coupled with a stew of ethnic hatreds, present nightmarish scenarios for US war planners, analysts say.

3.   Alliance commanders said that American war planners erred when they initially ruled out hitting the Taliban front-line positions.

4.   All the troop movement now also creates new headaches for the war planners.

5.   The computerized grid used by the war planners is similar to those employed by police departments around the country in efforts to spotlight high-crime areas.

6.   The bombing of Kosare was the latest in a series of intelligence errors that have embarrassed allied war planners.

7.   The general described capture of Mazar-e-Sharif as important to American war planners.

8.   There is, however, a middle ground, one that is occupied by some civilian theorists and military war planners.

9.   To be sure, Sheikh Hamad bin Salman al-Khalifa heads a monarchy with great room to welcome American war planners as he chooses.

10.   War planners are weighing the consequences of U.S. responses to at least four possible scenarios for a Chinese military move against Taiwan.