11.   Although disgust with the U.S.-led attacks against Afghanistan is widespread, militant Islamic movements continue to be viewed as splinter groups here.

12.   Alvarado is recovering from esophageal cancer, and the main question seems to be whether he will dip into his own pocket to finance negative attacks against his colleague.

13.   American officials have said they believe that Zubaydah was trying to rebuild the Qaida terrorist network to mount new attacks against the United States.

14.   American officials backed the proposal in part because they are concerned that North Korea might launch a desperation attack against the South.

15.   American officials said that bin Laden had held a similar conference in Afghanistan in January, apparently to plan attacks against the United States.

16.   Americans also tend to group immigrants and U.S. minorities together, which makes them more tolerant of attacks against minorities.

17.   Ambush attacks against Russian federal forces and their civilian supporters have stepped up recently.

18.   Among the flood of Hutu refugees were thousands of Rwandan militiamen, government officials and soldiers who had participated in genocidal attacks against Tutsi that spring.

19.   An anonymous note spiked with obscenities threatened further attacks against other human rights activists like Ochoa.

20.   Analysts such as McCarthy are warning of Iraq posing a greater risk to engage in assymetrical warfare such as a biological weapons attack against a US target.