1.   Annan made no suggestion that the attacks were somehow justified by injustices, and he has been consistent in his denunciations of terrorism.

2.   At a NATO meeting last week, some European states pressed for evidence that would justify attacks on bin Laden.

3.   -- Appealed to Haitians to halt pro-democracy street demonstrations that have been used by Haitian security forces to justify attacks in the name of crowd control.

4.   By last evening, Spector said he had talked to administration officials and was convinced that the attack was justified.

5.   He went on to contend that President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain had failed to produce any evidence to justify the attacks against Afghanistan.

6.   Hussein said it was hard to accept that people of his own Islamic faith would use their religion to justify such attacks.

7.   In Bosnia, there was the pretext of cross-border aggression by the Serbs to justify an attack by international forces.

8.   In Bosnia, the rebel Bosnian Serbs used fears of an Islamic invasion to justify attacks on the Muslim-led Bosnian Government.

9.   Many Palestinians justify attacks on Israeli settlements as part of a legitimate battle against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

10.   Rudolf Scharping, the head of the party in Parliament, said the attack was justified.