61.   Bahrain and Qatar maintain fighter units on alert to protect coalition forces in those countries.

62.   Bin Laden is thought to have fled the Tora Bora region in early December, and his whereabouts since have been unknown to coalition forces.

63.   Both bin Laden and Mullah Omar have been the subjects of intense manhunts by U.S. and coalition forces since the Taliban abandoned their last stronghold of Kandahar in December.

64.   Brig. Gen. John Rosa Jr. told a Pentagon briefing that no coalition forces were hurt by the quake.

65.   Brig. Gen. John Rosa Jr. told a Pentagon briefing that no coalition forces were hurt.

66.   But he said the paths had since been blocked by coalition forces.

67.   But he said the paths had since been surrounded by coalition forces.

68.   But he said U.S.-led coalition forces would be capable of conducting other missions while completing their actions in Afghanistan.

69.   But the air base will give coalition forces a northern base from which to fly missions in Afghanistan.

70.   Campbell declined for security reasons to say what intelligence information led coalition forces to believe the attacks were part of a planned effort.