1.   No warships were present, but considerable damage was inflicted on cargo vessels, with which the harbor was jammed.

2.   American warships were not involved, but American officials said that they were closely monitoring the situation.

3.   A warship is basically a floating delivery system of death and destruction, a thing of cold steel and hard edges.

4.   Clinton aborted a military strike in mid-November just minutes before bombers and warships were to drop scores of bombs and missiles on Iraq.

5.   If the country launched a ballistic missile, the warships would be in a position to knock it out of the sky before the missile left the region.

6.   The warship is due to be scrapped in four months.

7.   This hulking warship was unusually quiet on Thursday.

8.   U.S. and French warships are poised offshore.

9.   A Canadian warship was to lead the naval contingent into the harbor before noon Monday.

10.   A navy warship was also on its way to help evacuate refugees, he said.