41.   President Clinton declared Wednesday that U.S. missile strikes in Iraq succeeded in forcing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to pull back forces harassing Kurds in northern Iraq.

42.   Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole walked the thin line between politics and patriotism Tuesday as he reacted to the missile strikes President Clinton ordered against Iraq.

43.   Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment applauded the missile strikes.

44.   Russia wanted some criticism of the U.S. missile strikes on Iraq that followed the Iraqi action at Erbil.

45.   Still, after the missile strike, when Idris was publicly identified as the owner, U.S. intelligence began to investigate his possible connections to chemical weapons and terrorism.

46.   Susan appears healthy and clearly recites songs she wrote in Arabic about missile strikes.

47.   The administration had hoped to begin the evacuation earlier, but Turkey resisted after pointedly refusing to endorse the latest American missile strikes at Iraq.

48.   The attack prompted U.S. retaliatory missile strikes on Iraqi military targets, boosting crude oil prices to their highest in five months.

49.   The bombing continued Monday, with missile strikes on Jagodina and Dobricevo in Serbia, the state-run Tanjug news agency reported in Belgrade.

50.   The casualty toll in the missile strike remained unclear.