1.   Each time, there was an increased police presence and a flurry of arrests followed by a declared victory and then detente.

2.   Saddam got up, declared victory, grew stronger by the day and again is a global terrorist threat.

3.   The attack, in an area supposedly under tight Russian control, came two days after Russian generals all but declared victory.

4.   The incident came two days after the military declared victory in a six-week operation in northern Iraq against the rebels.