51.   SISMI is responsible for monitoring external threats, including any attempt to manipulate Italian financial markets and illegal immigration.

52.   That means, among other things, the alliance will be obliged to defend these once-communist foes from external threat.

53.   The Saudis have sought U.S. military protection against external threats.

54.   Both De Villa and Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said the country faces no external threat from a foreign power.

55.   There have been no signs of any organised internal opposition to him or of any external threat.

56.   Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has urged Arab states to unite to defend themselves against external threats, newspapers reported Sunday.

57.   Tehran is also opposed to the growing presence of Western forces in the Gulf to protect Gulf Arab states against external threats.

58.   The minister added that Kuwait wants to protect itself from any external threat, and had agreements with its allies to give support when facing such danger.