They said an Italian intelligence official had given his implicit approval to the operation.

Although it must have hurt him when she cleansed away clotted blood, he gave no indication of discom- fort, apparently oblivious to the operation.

Tronstad had given his consent to the latter operation, reportedly with a "heavy heart".

Journalists were not given access to the operation until after U.S. forces had landed and the battle was well under way.

He said in the meeting of May 17 Nawaz gave a green signal to the operation.

The Lebanese police said Israel called in jet fighters to give support to the operation, which was reported to have lasted about 12 hours.

But the larger pattern has been that of NATO giving unanimous political approval to the operation.

They had given him the clew to the operation of the instrument.

"But more importantly, we were able to give resources to the artistic operation and enable it to grow."

Little consideration has so far been given to the operation of this programme.