21.   Washington implicity gave the go-ahead to Croatia for its lightning offensive earlier this month to recapture territory in the Krajina region of Croatia from secessionist Serbs.

22.   Knin fell to the Croatian army Saturday, and fears that the Croatian forces carried out atrocities during their lightning offensive have been backed up by some refugee accounts.

23.   Sri Lanka government troops Friday launched a lightning offensive to capture a northern town from Tamil rebels, military officials said.

24.   Sveti Rok fell to the Croatian army on the second day of the lightning offensive at the start of the month.

25.   The Croatian army recaptured the rest of the Krajina region held by secessionist Serbs in a lightning offensive in August.

26.   The Croatian army seized large areas of western Slavonia from the Serbs in a lightning offensive last week.

27.   The Croatian army recaptured the region in a lightning offensive in August of this year.

28.   The Croatian army snatched back the Krajina region from secessionist Serbs in a lightning offensive completed earlier this month.

29.   The Croatian army seized large areas of an area known as western Slavonia from Serb rebels in a lightning offensive last week.

30.   The prisoners were seized after Croatian authorities recaptured the secessionist Krajina region of southern Croatia during a lightning offensive last August.