1.   Some diplomats, analysts and opposition sympathizers went as far as to suggest that Lavalas staged the palace attack to justify a crackdown on opponents.

2.   After the palace attack, Aristide partisans went on a rampage burning and plundering opposition offices and the homes of several of their leaders.

3.   After the palace attack, rampaging Aristide street partisans torched the midtown Convergence headquarters as well as several other opposition offices and private residences of its leaders.

4.   Apparently seeking revenge for the palace attack, pro-Aristide mobs killed at least two people Monday.

5.   Aristide said the palace attack was an attempt to assassinate him and overthrow democracy, but the opposition charges it was a staged event designed to repress dissent.

6.   Aristide said the palace attack was an attempt to assassinate him.

7.   At least seven died in the palace attack and ensuing violence.

8.   At least two opposition supporters were killed Monday, and police reported eight others killed in the palace attack and subsequent violence.

9.   During the palace attack, the gunmen used a two-way radio system to communicate, some speaking Creole, while others spoke in English and Spanish, Maurice said.

10.   In the hours after the palace attack, hundreds of Aristide supporters surrounded the building, armed with machetes, sticks and revolvers.