81.   The rebels have long threatened to spread guerrilla war beyond their republic, but this attack on Budyonnovsk was their first raid outside Chechnya.

82.   The rebels have threatened to bring the war back to Russia if the Kremlin continues to press for holding the vote.

83.   The rebels have threatened to shoot the hostages, seized in the Dagestani city of Kizlyar, if they are not guaranteed safe passage back to Chechnya.

84.   The rebels on Monday threatened to start attacking tourists.

85.   The rebels threatened Sunday to strike Skopje airport, police stations and other targets in or near Macedonian cities unless government forces stopped their assaults.

86.   The rebels threatened to kill the hostages one by one on Wednesday, issuing a statement demanding the release of comrades jailed in Peru.

87.   The rebels also threatened to attack tourist sites.

88.   The rebels had earlier threatened to attack southern Philippine cities and behead Schilling if troops launched an attack.

89.   The rebels had threatened to attack Freetown by Friday, but failed to launch the assault because of the arrival of ECOMOG reinforcements, ECOMOG said.

90.   The rebels had threatened to attack southern cities and behead Schilling, of Oakland, Calif., if they were attacked by the military.