71.   The verdict was used to justify the military crackdown that ended the protests, killing hundreds.

72.   The Virginian-Pilot newspaper obtained the documents that were used to justify the arrests of five suspects in the Norfolk area Tuesday.

73.   There is no evidence in our opinion which can be used to justify this proposition and therefore at best it must be in the realm of speculation.

74.   These assessments have been used to justify U.S. plans for multibillion-dollar missile defense systems capable of shooting down a limited ICBM attack on the continental United States.

75.   And he also reiterated concerns over treatment of ethnic Russians in the Baltics, which Moscow has used to justify its continued role in the region.

76.   Laws intended to fight separatists have been used to justify widespread arbitrary arrest and detention, the report said.

77.   Maskhadov attributed that incident, which the Russians used to justify their onslaught Monday, directly to the FSB.

78.   Some delegates feared that this could be used to justify the extension of UN sanctions or embargoes such as those imposed on Iraq after the Gulf War.

79.   The article is used to justify clampdowns on pro-Kurdish activities.