41.   Seizing the city would enable the Northern Alliance to open a vital supply line to Uzbekistan to the north.

42.   Seeking to weaken the Serb military and drive it out of Kosovo, NATO has tried to cut the Serb troops in Kosovo from their supply lines from Yugoslavia.

43.   Serbs, who control the supply lines, cut off natural gas service in May, and negotiations ever since had produced no results.

44.   Short supply lines also help the defenders.

45.   Shorter supply lines would ease that strain, Zelibor noted.

46.   Supply lines from Albania have been cut, he said.

47.   Supply lines were shaky.

48.   Supply lines from Albania have been cut, the rebel army said earlier in the week.

49.   That has made it all the more important for the Kosovo Liberation Army to keep open its supply lines from Albania.

50.   That will clear any cool water from the supply line so the dishwater starts with water at its maximum available temperature.