51.   In similar territory in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led anti-terrorist campaign has relied on heavy air assaults to support ground troops.

52.   In the Spangdahlem air base in Germany, U.S. President Bill Clinton rallied American military personnel entering the seventh week of a NATO air assault on Yugoslavia.

53.   Instead, the strategy should be an air assault and more pin-point operations by specialized ground troops.

54.   Israeli warplanes attacked suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in the fourth air assault in three days, Lebanese security officials said.

55.   Israeli warplanes attacked suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails in southern Lebanon Wednesday in the fourth air assault in three days, Lebanese security officials said.

56.   Jalalabad has been repeatedly targeted in the U.S.-led air assault that began Sunday night.

57.   Kandahar, home base to the Taliban, has been the target of relentless U.S. air assaults.

58.   Kornukov said Russia and other ex-Soviet republics have good air defenses, but the NATO air assaults suggested the need for increased measures, the reports said.

59.   Justice Maulvi Mir Habibullah said members of the Supreme Court were concerned that the U.S air assault on Afghanistan would taint their judgment.

60.   Local villagers said they hurriedly buried the remains, fearing a follow-up air assault.