31.   All of eight of the Palestinian killed appeared to have been the targets of a helicopter missile attack on one house in southern Hebron.

32.   Bush has said the treaty should be scrapped because it prevents the development of a system to defend against missile attack from enemies and terrorists.

33.   But a weapons system this complex must go through long and rigorous testing before engineers can be sure it will reliably shield American cities from enemy missile attack.

34.   But beyond that, this country must take steps to protect itself from a Chinese nuclear missile attack.

35.   But Bush also believes the United States is vulnerable to a missile attack from smaller states that possess a handful of long-range missiles.

36.   But a U.S. missile attack on Iraq, if tensions escalate to that level, could provide a clue.

37.   But Israelis, with memories of Iraqi missile attacks during the gulf war still fresh, were lining up on Sunday night in Tel Aviv for gas masks.

38.   But I do not discount missile attacks.

39.   But Republican senators retorted that Democrats are ignoring a growing number of potential threats of nuclear, chemical or biological missile attacks from countries other than China and Russia.

40.   But reporters in Afghanistan who visited the area near where the CIA missile attack occurred have quoted civilians as saying the dead were local peasants.