21.   Iraq has issued ominous threats in the past, but just as often failed to carry them out.

22.   Leaders of Hezbollah continued to issue threats of reprisals, including suicide bombings against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.

23.   Leyritz issued a threat.

24.   Mexicans issued death threats and U.S. tourists were warned to stay away from the popular border town of Matamoros, where the body entered Mexico.

25.   NATO issued no threats.

26.   Nothing voted on this week can become law without agreement from the Clinton administration, which has regularly issued veto threats.

27.   Nobody is issuing threats.

28.   One sign of the tougher stance at the White House is that veto threats are being issued even as legislation is still being drafted.

29.   President Bush has backed the Fletcher proposal even as he continues to issue veto threats against the Senate bill.

30.   Rehman has routinely inveighed against the United States, leading protests and issuing threats.