1.   Yet his subsequent collapse from hero to villain has been as sudden as a Patriot missile strike.

2.   I have directed that the SDI programme be refocused on providing protection from limited missile strikes -- whatever their source.

3.   An annotated color satellite view of Iraqi military sites hit by U.S. missile strike.

4.   An Israeli missile strike at the beginning of the raid cut the electricity.

5.   And earlier this week, investigators ruled out a missile strike.

6.   And he stressed that Washington was keeping open the option of more missile strikes, and that Christopher had made no promises to Chirac about future actions.

7.   And that, they said, might kill many more Palestinians than a missile strike like the one on Tuesday.

8.   Barring an extremely lucky bomb or missile strike, rousting al-Qaida leaders from their caves will take time and the infiltration of ground commandos.

9.   Before this crisis, the Clinton administration had classified plans to use missile strikes or to dispatch commandos to snatch bin Laden.

10.   A case for defending America against limited missile strikes can certainly be made, but it is a subtle, nuanced one.