21.   On Friday, Turkish general staff said both exercises were planned a year ago and will be conducted as scheduled.

22.   Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said the Navy still plans training exercises on Vieques.

23.   Russian and U.S. forces are planning exercises in Hawaii later this month and in Kansas later in the year.

24.   Seoul has said the exercise had been planned long before the nuclear discussions hit its current snag.

25.   The exercise had been planned long ago.

26.   The Israeli army said the exercise was planned more than a year ago and was not related to the U.S. and British airstrikes Friday on Iraq.

27.   The four- to six-week Operation Intrinsic Action exercise was planned for October but was moved up because of increasing instability in Iraq.

28.   The four- to six-week exercise was planned for October but was moved up because of increasing instability in Iraq.

29.   The Navy does not have any exercises planned on the island in the immediate future.

30.   The spokesman said the exercise was planned a year ago and is not related to the current tension with Iraq.