1.   The demonstrators invited retaliation and got it, with sticks and clubs and arrests.

2.   A CIA effort to kill the Iraqi leader would not only violate a presidential ban on assassination but would also invite retaliation against American leaders.

3.   For one thing, it invites immediate retaliation.

4.   Holding summit meetings to affect public opinion is par for the course, but launching hundreds of cruise missiles will cost lives and invite retaliation.

5.   In addition, there is the practical concern that such a hostile plan would invite retaliation by those so threatened against our own president, Cabinet and Congress.

6.   Others say Saddam will stop short of any actions that would invite American retaliation, while trying to build support for an unconditional lifting of the sanctions.

7.   Pentagon officials justified the strikes in the south, saying each violation would invite retaliation.

8.   Players seldom charged the mound, Kibler said, because the offending pitcher knew the next time he came to the plate, he would invite retaliation.

9.   President Clinton signed the law, then promptly blocked its implementation, arguing that it would invite retaliation against American interests around the world.

10.   Reform leaders have urged their supporters to avoid actions that might invite retaliation by the security forces, which are under the control of the supreme leader.