1.   A U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington feared that release of the report would inflame passions and undermine the tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon.

2.   A tenuous ceasefire has been in force ever since.

3.   Despite a tenuous ceasefire, violent incidents persist.

4.   The United States argues that rehashing the Qana incident serves only to undermine the tenuous ceasefire in southern Lebanon and impede the peace process.

5.   Yeltsin sent troops into Chechnya in December to crush a secessionist drive and a tenuous ceasefire has been holding there.