31.   The air force dispatched fighter aircraft to launch retaliatory strikes against Tiger redoubts on the Jaffna peninsula in the north and near the city of Trincomalee in the northeast.

32.   The campaign has busily launched preemptive strikes against claims made by Bush surrogates that McCain is too liberal.

33.   The decision by the U.S. and Britain to launch strikes has left the body deeply divided and immobilized on a diplomatic course of action on Iraq.

34.   The military strike was launched after repeated demands for Afghan leaders to surrender bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of the hijackings.

35.   The officials emphasized, though, that NATO could still launch a strike against the Serbs on very short notice.

36.   The radical Islamic group Hamas has proclaimed its intention to launch terror strikes, but Palestinian security officials can and must seek to interrupt those plans.

37.   The strikes were launched from ships in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea, executed under the cover of darkness with no U.S. casualties.

38.   The strikes were launched from ships in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea, executed under the cover of darkness, with no U.S. casualties.

39.   The strikes were launched from ships in the Arabian and Red Seas at dusk.

40.   The United States launched that strike in retaliation for the terrorist bombings of two American embassies in East Africa.