31.   Rajoy said the suspects helped smuggle ETA members across the border and deep into Spain, providing cover and advance warning of random police checkpoints aimed at thwarting attacks.

32.   South Korea is uneasy about missile defense, which the United States envisions as a means of thwarting any attack by countries such as North Korea and Iraq.

33.   The arrests were made in light of the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to thwart anti-Israeli attacks by arresting militants, the army spokesman said in a statement.

34.   The attacks were thwarted by Turkish officials.

35.   The CIA did thwart attacks on three or four U.S. facilities overseas last summer, Tenet said.

36.   The Clinton administration is helping Israel with security measures in hopes of thwarting terror attacks and bolstering confidence so Israel can take risks for peace with the Palestinians.

37.   The military said it was trying to thwart Palestinian attacks.

38.   The Nigerian-led intervention force, known as ECOMOG, has managed until now to thwart threatened attacks on Freetown.

39.   The Yediot report said the Mossad has been shadowing El-Zein for the past year in order to thwart other attacks.

40.   Thwarting bioterrorism attacks is another challenge.