91.  The Pentagon continued flooding combat troops into the Persian Gulf region despite signs that Iraqi forces may be withdrawing from forward positions.

92.  The purpose of the conference is not only to discuss military plans but also to try to attract support from current officers in the Iraqi armed force.

93.  The prohibition on Iraqi flights across southern Iraq was imposed to protect Shiite Muslims, who had waged an uprising in the south, from attacks by Iraqi forces.

94.  The secretary said Washington and its allies were discussing a plan to launch air strikes against any Iraqi forces that approached the Kuwait border.

95.  The U.N. suspended the plan after Iraqi forces went into Kurdish-controlled areas late last month.

96.  The U.N. delayed the Iraqi oil-sale plan in late August after Iraqi forces attacked one of the Kurdish groups.

97.  The U.N. delayed the plan after Iraqi forces attacked one of the Kurdish groups in late August.

98.  The U.N. delayed the long-anticipated sale last week after Iraqi forces attacked a Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq.

99.  The UN imposed the economic sanctions, which bar Iraq from selling oil independently anywhere in the world, after Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait.

100.  There has apparently been no resistance by Iraqi military forces, other than scattered and ineffective antiaircraft artillery fire.