21.   Fassel acknowledged that tactic had more to do with motivation than a genuine threat.

22.   The spokesman said there was no immediate indication whether there was a genuine threat.

23.   Yet, even though he was taken as a genuine threat, authorities say he seemed conflicted, never following through on any promise to hurt anyone.

24.   But other than that, the Boro goal was rarely under any genuine threat in the first half.

25.   The Philippines faces a genuine threat from internationally-backed terrorists and operations against them are still going on, officials said here Tuesday.