11.   Kuwait did lend support Thursday night by permitting U.S. and British fighter planes to launch raids from bases here.

12.   Less than a year into his new job, the former tobacco industry executive has launched raids into Mexico and Brazil.

13.   Militia horsemen sanctioned by the government launch raids to steal cattle and burn villages.

14.   NATO launched the raids after Yugoslavia would not agree to a peace settlement in Kosovo.

15.   Over the weekend, Israel launched raids into Palestinian villages to arrest militants that it said Arafat would not.

16.   Outgunned and outnumbered, Shamil would launch lightning raids from his mountain hideouts on enemy outposts, causing death and destruction and taking hostages.

17.   Russian helicopter gunships and artillery have launched raids against a large group of gunmen in Chechnya.

18.   Russian generals say their troops will soon surround Grozny, allowing them to launch raids on guerillas in the city and in the south.

19.   Since then, they have launched raids into Rwanda from Congo, and Rwanda wants some control over the borderlands.

20.   The conflict ground on in the West Bank and Gaza, too, as Israeli troops launched raids into Bethlehem and Ramallah.