1.   All the arrests appear to have been connected to a planned bombing that was averted in Strasbourg, France, in December.

2.   But no arrests appear to have arisen from those past cases.

3.   But those arrests appear unpromising.

4.   In those cases, officers routinely fabricated stories to justify how they obtained the evidence and then lied in court to ensure the arrest appeared legitimate.

5.   Nor do those arrests appear to have involved much work by American law enforcement officials.

6.   The arrest had appeared to be imminent for several days as Pakistan sought ways of defusing the crisis with India.

7.   The arrests appeared to put pressure on Pakistan, which India says financed and helped to plan the bombings.

8.   The arrest appeared to indicate a determination to set new standards and recover some of the money stolen by the Abacha government.

9.   The arrest appeared to mark the end of an obsession.

10.   The arrests appeared to be the most severe crackdown on the opposition by the ruling junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, since her release.