1.   The rebels launched a retaliatory strike.

2.   Analysts said the timing of the trip was perfect since it came on the day of U.S.-led retaliatory strikes against Afghanistan.

3.   Annan also urged greater urgency in preparations for an anticipated flood of Afghans fleeing their homes in fear of American retaliatory strikes.

4.   At its core, it holds that no nation will risk launching a missile attack if it is left defenseless against a retaliatory strike.

5.   Before the Israeli airstrikes, a senior adviser to Arafat assailed the terror attack in Netanya and urged Israel not to respond with retaliatory strikes.

6.   Before the warhead detonated, US planes would be on their way to a retaliatory nuclear strike.

7.   A retaliatory strike by the United States would surely mean a return to nonstop news coverage and further disruption of prime-time shows.

8.   After the previous Hezbollah attacks, Israel also launched retaliatory strikes north of the occupied zone, but had confined its fire to targets outside populated areas.

9.   But any new Bosnian offensives, even if successful, will be answered by fierce retaliatory strikes by the more heavily armed Bosnian Serbs.

10.   But intelligence officials may fear a retaliatory strike from one of the terrorist groups the U.S. has targeted in recent months.