41.  Cohen said American jets would continue to strike as long as Iraqi forces threatened them.

42.  Crude oil prices hit their highest levels in two months during the trading on Friday, reacting to news that Iraqi forces had neared the border of Kuwait.

43.  Damage appeared relatively limited, given the size of the Iraqi force, the officials said, but the city still had no electricity or water.

44.  Despite the words of defiance, Pentagon officials said they have been struck by the lack of military resistance from Iraqi forces.

45.  During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces pinpointed the location of downed airmen by tracing the radio transmissions.

46.  Earlier, White House and Pentagon officials reported that Iraqi forces on two separate occasions challenged the presence of U.S. airplanes patrolling the new no-fly zone today.

47.  Exchanging fire with Iraqi forces is not a policy.

48.  Few in the administration have hopes that U.S. support can build an Iraqi force capable of attacking Baghdad.

49.  He clashed with Powell, who recommended keeping economic sanctions in place longer, and prodded the military to draft a larger, more ambitious counterattack against Iraqi forces.

50.  He said the tower was a military target because it was used for communications by Iraqi forces as they challenged American and British jets patrolling northern Iraq.