1.   Abdullah declined to predict when a ground offensive would start.

2.   Brough said he originally thought the offensive could start as early as the middle of February if the weather was good.

3.   The offensive also started at a time when the government was trying to thwart terrorist attacks or other violence pegged to a Kurdish festival on Tuesday.

4.   The offensive also started at a time when the government tried to thwart any terrorist attacks or other violence pegged to a Kurdish spring festival Tuesday.

5.   The offensive also started at a time when the government was trying to thwart any terrorist attacks or other violence pegged to a Kurdish spring festival on Tuesday.

6.   The renegade Muslim offensive started at midnight Tuesday.

7.   The peacekeepers retreated into their camp when the Bosnian Serb offensive on the UN safe area started in earnest on Sunday and have not ventured out since.

8.   The peacekeepers retreated into their camp when the Bosnian Serb offensive on the UN safe area started in earnest Sunday but have not ventured out since.