21.   Israel is also willing to suspend the plans drawn up by its cabinet earlier this week to launch more forceful retaliatory strikes against Palestinian administrative and political offices.

22.   Israeli leaders on Monday still held out the prospect of launching retaliatory strikes against Palestinian targets.

23.   It only took a matter of months, however, before the Iraqi leader walked away from the compromise and the Clinton administration began planning a retaliatory strike.

24.   Meanwhile, across the nation, law enforcement agencies went on a heightened state of alert, on guard for a possible retaliatory terrorist strike on US soil.

25.   On Sunday, Ashcroft renewed the alert, saying American retaliatory strikes might cause the already sizable risk of terrorism to rise.

26.   Officials were contemplating whether the army would launch a retaliatory strike in Palestinian areas.

27.   Palestinians gear up for possible retaliatory strikes and other pressure from Israel to retake sites in East Jerusalem.

28.   People across the country are crying out for revenge, expecting retaliatory strikes any day now.

29.   President Boris Yeltsin activated his nuclear briefcase in the first stages of preparation to launch a retaliatory strike before the Russian armed forces realized its mistake.

30.   Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov also said Russia would not participate in retaliatory strikes against suspected terrorists.