31.   Earlier this week, Perle urged the Bush administration to use troops, bombers, dissidents and opposition forces to destroy the government in Iraq.

32.   Even before the strikes, the Afghan opposition forces fighting the ruling Taliban were making their push.

33.   Efforts to supply the opposition forces by air have been frustrated by the stalemate on the ground, further strengthening the argument for creation of a forward base.

34.   For the main opposition force, Likud, it signaled an important philosophical shift.

35.   From a diplomatic standpoint, the air strikes were intended to persuade Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein to end his military offensive against Kurdish opposition forces in Iraq.

36.   He noted that the U.S. military had the most integrated coordination with opposition forces that swept across northern Afghanistan, but less so with the southern tribal fighters.

37.   He said he was also concerned for the truck drivers, who are all Pashtun, traditional enemies of the Uzbeks who dominate the opposition forces.

38.   How did he manage to flee a city that was surrounded by opposition forces from nearly all sides?

39.   His rule is too well entrenched and opposition forces are too weak and divided for that to be a realistic possibility anytime soon.

40.   If the opposition forces Zedillo to accept a bigger deficit than he proposed, the new central bank governor could respond by boosting interest rates.