1.   The abduction, meanwhile, raised the specter of retaliatory airstrikes by Israel on Lebanon.

2.   The warning followed three Palestinian suicide bombings over the weekend in Israel that brought retaliatory Israeli airstrikes on Monday.

3.   At a Defense Ministry news conference Friday, Rose also defended the controversial use of retaliatory airstrikes by NATO forces as part of the peacekeeping operation.

4.   At a news conference at the Defense Ministry, Rose also defended the controversial use of retaliatory airstrikes by NATO forces as part of the peacekeeping operation.

5.   In a violent sendoff Tuesday, Hezbollah detonated roadside bombs, killing two SLA fighters, wounding a third and prompting retaliatory Israeli airstrikes.

6.   Israel said the guerrilla rocketing prompted the devastating retaliatory airstrikes.

7.   Russian officials on Tuesday had denounced the marketplace shelling but warned the West against rushing to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs.

8.   Russian officials on Tuesday denounced the shelling of a Sarajevo marketplace but warned the West against rushing to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs.

9.   Ten days after the blast, Washington launched retaliatory airstrikes on two Libyan cities.

10.   The attacks prompted retaliatory Israeli airstrikes.