21.  The last of the oil fires in Kuwait, which had been started when retreating Iraqi forces ignited well heads, has been capped.

22.  They were created when retreating Iraqi forces sabotaged well-heads during the Gulf War.

23.  Allied forces responded with massive bombing attacks on Iraqi forces.

24.  American aircraft face a wider threat of being shot down by Iraqi forces as they expand the no-fly zone to the southern outskirts of Baghdad.

25.  American interests in protecting its access to oil and in maintaining regional stability were clearly at stake when Iraqi forces crossed into Kuwait.

26.  Because of their connections with the United States, the Kurds feared retribution by Iraqi forces.

27.  Beginning in late December, Iraqi forces started taking potshots at U.S., British and Turkish aircraft in the no-fly zones.

28.  A day after that armored brigade arrived at the Iraqi border, the Iraqi forces turned around and went back to their barracks.

29.  A senior member of the National Congress said in an interview that the Iraqi forces seized computers and files from the National Congress when they occupied Irbil.

30.  A plan being developed by administration officials is to establish a large demilitarized zone in southern Iraq that would be off-limits to Iraqi forces.