91.   While Japanese officials periodically express contrition, people in some countries in Asia remain dissatisfied and worry that Japan may again become a military threat.

92.   With a shattered, impoverished military and faltering economy, Russia presents no military threat to its neighbors now and will not for years to come.

93.   With new military threats from Egypt in the south, Syria in the north and Jordan in the east, Israelis felt the noose tightening.

94.   Yet the immediate military threats facing Russia today are not from NATO forces, but from along its own borders and from warring regions within the nation.

95.   Opponents say it would reward a nuclear power that routinely violates human rights and which is a military threat to its neighbors -- and possibly the United States.

96.   Ota stopped short of saying Japan sees itself as being under military threat.

97.   Opponents argued the money would be better spent on pressing social needs in a country with no external military threat.

98.   According to previous reports, the weapons have been dismantled and are not longer a military threat.

99.   Although rebels routinely raid small towns, they pose no serious military threat to the government.

100.   Also, President Clinton has pledged to defend the kingdom against Iraqi military threats.