1.   Because the attacks were aborted, life in Israel did not stop in its tracks Sunday.

2.   Israeli army chief Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday he would have aborted the attack had he known innocent civilians would have been killed.

3.   It was that promise that prompted President Clinton to abort the attack planned then.

4.   A passerby aborted an attack on a Rennes post office on the day of the Quevert bombing.

5.   Their boat sank, aborting the attack.

6.   Then last year, militants trailed a carload of sailors on an expressway but aborted the attack, apparently believing the servicemen were armed.

7.   The attacks were aborted but earlier this month Hussein accused Syria of harbouring radical Palestinian groups opposed to the peace process who seek to destabilise his country.

8.   The attacks were aborted but earlier this month the king accused Syria of harbouring radical Palestinian groups opposed to the peace process who seek to destabilise his country.