21.   The initial raid was launched to search for illegal weapons said to have been stockpiled.

22.   The raid was launched after officials received a tip that some prisoners were smoking marijuana.

23.   The rebels launched raids from bases inside the zone during their latest offensive.

24.   The raid was launched in reprisal for Palestinian rocket fire on Israel.

25.   The U.S. Secret Service launched several raids in South Florida over the past year looking for counterfeit access cards.

26.   Then, too, the Russians tried to set up a pro-Moscow Chechen government in Grozny while launching raids against the separatists.

27.   Three men were arrested on suspicion of opening fire on police who launched a raid on the compound Friday night.

28.   Police launched nationwide raids Thursday morning on the homes of German followers of the most infamous neo-Nazi in the United States.

29.   Police launched nationwide raids Thursday morning on the homes of German followers of an American neo-Nazi who is the main supplier of propaganda for fascists in this country.

30.   Peres, an architect of Mideast peace, has risked future talks by launching raids on the southern slums of Beirut and Lebanese villages that harbor the guerrillas.