1.   American and Britain are prepared for intensive bombing to thwart his ability to produce weapons of mass destruction and to threaten his neighbors.

2.   Baghdad must not be allowed to build a new arsenal of unconventional weapons or threaten neighbors with them.

3.   Both might well make mischief in the world, threaten neighbors and oppress regions seeking greater autonomy.

4.   But as Clinton said Tuesday, military action will diminish those dangers and make Saddam less likely to threaten his neighbors.

5.   But in recent days other goals put forth include preventing Saddam Hussein from threatening his neighbors.

6.   Cohen also repeated warnings that the United States would resume attacks if the Iraqi leader continued to threaten his neighbors.

7.   Delays, he said, allow the Iraqi government to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons that could threaten its neighbors.

8.   If Moscow shows signs of again threatening its neighbors, there will be ample time to expand NATO.

9.   Instead, senior administration officials said, the act that would bring U.S. retaliation has shifted to Iraqi moves to produce weapons of mass destruction or threaten its neighbors.

10.   It also allows him to threaten his neighbors with weapons of a particularly foul nature.