11. Twelve hours after the bombing raid, many parts of the city were still ablaze. 12. They saw a government war plane make a series of low-level bombing raids. 13. His operational flying looked as promising as his civilian flying had, until he went on a night bombing raid over Constantinople. 14. Of the Wellingtons and Lancasters which went on hundreds of bombing raids during the war and of the men who never returned. 15. Also, allied war planes stepped up their bombing raids despite reports that a stray missile struck a Belgrade hospital. 16. American forces mounted bombing raids, deployed commandos to help call in airstrikes and organized supplies of weapons. 17. Americans also joined the war effort by partly blocking off their car headlights and complying with citywide blackouts in fear of bombing raids. 18. And there was no immediate indication that regular Russian bombing raids would stop. 19. As it has worked until now, NATO picked the targets, but U.N. civilian officials had to agree before any bombing raid could be carried out. 20. As Iraqi Christians gathered for Christmas services Friday, the sounds of the U.S. and British bombing raids last week were still echoing in their heads. |