21.   Bin Laden is suspected of masterminding the bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August and other acts of terrorism.

22.   Border guards, American embassies, military installations and local police in big cities have also been on heightened alert.

23.   Bin Laden, the Saudi-born terrorist, is blamed for bombing two American embassies in Africa last year.

24.   A bulldozer rumbled through the debris behind the American embassy.

25.   A little-known travel agent and businessman, he lived quietly in Iran throughout the revolution and seizure of the American embassy, citing his love of Iran.

26.   A second bomb exploded at the American embassy in the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam within minutes of the Nairobi attack.

27.   A left-wing military dictator was in power, and Montesinos funneled documents to the American embassy that detailed Russian arms purchases.

28.   A number of large American embassies are without ambassadors.

29.   Aerospace industry executives applaud the help they get from American embassies, Cabinet members and even the president.

30.   But he insisted that Americans living or traveling abroad would be able to obtain emergency services from all American embassies, regardless of terrorist threats.