More than 100 foreign aid workers left in anticipation of a possible American military strike.

The evident intention is to produce evidence before any American military strike.

At least one of those bases was also hit in the American strikes, officials of the group said.

But American strikes would have terrible ramifications on the oil market.

The striking thing was that for many Iraqis the first American strike could not come too soon.

Certainly, almost three weeks of American and British strikes have achieved some results.

It was the third known American strike in Somalia this year.

That would leave open the option for a coordinated military campaign among allies, or a unilateral American strike.

The American strikes apparently did heavier damage in some areas.

It even seems to accept the idea of limited American military strikes in China's own neighborhood.