1.   The Ulster Freedom Fighters said the offensive would be in revenge for IRA attacks on Protestant communities.

2.   And he repeated that at this point, the Croatian offensive was helpful in pushing the Bosnian Serbs toward the bargaining table.

3.   But cooperating after an offensive may not be easy.

4.   But he escaped, and the paramilitary offensive may have been a response to the guerrilla attack.

5.   But the folksy image of the program rankles some people, and even more offensive to them is the idea that somehow it holds Canada together.

6.   Clearly, the Muslim-Croat offensive could be a problem if it goes too far.

7.   Gen. Ratko Mladic, the commander of the Bosnian Serbs, Wednesday sent a message to his men that suggested he believed the Bosnian army offensive was over.

8.   If there is a ground offensive they pledge to work together.

9.   In general, the Serbs are presenting the situation in Kosovo as peaceful and claiming that their offensive there is now over.

10.   In the initial hours of the bombing, Defense Department officials and even some military officers hinted that the air offensive could be over within a week.