31.   Israel Wednesday confirmed the raid.

32.   Israel confirmed the raid Wednesday.

33.   Israeli police spokesman Eric Bar-Chen confirmed the raid by the paramilitary border police.

34.   Israel confirmed the raid.

35.   Israel confirmed the raids and an army spokesman said the planes returned to base safely.

36.   Mary Guastela, administrative assistant to company President Kimberly Casiano, confirmed the raid but said no one was available to comment.

37.   Munich tax agency sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the raids, first reported by the Munich newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

38.   Opposition spokesmen confirmed the raid, telling ITAR-Tass that their helicopters destroyed one government helicopter and two military transport planes.

39.   On Thursday, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard confirmed the raid, but refused to release the tapes.

40.   Opposition spokesmen confirmed the raid, but said they used their own helicopters and the targets were military.