21.  Similar bombing scares in October and again last month passed without threatened attacks.

22.  Such a step could defuse the crisis that has led to threatened American attacks on Iraq and a buildup of U.S. military forces in the Gulf.

23.  Tensions rose dramatically here as a special U.S. envoy was holding what could be a final meeting with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic before a threatened NATO air attack.

24.  Such a step could defuse the crisis over arms inspections that has led to threatened American attacks on Iraq and a buildup of U.S. military forces in the Gulf.

25.  Taimaskhanova and Dadasheva are believed to be connected to Raduyev, who had threatened attacks on Russian targets and is suspected of planning the bombing.

26.  The demonstrators were protesting against a threatened U.S. attack against Iraq to force free access for U.N. weapons inspectors.

27.  The Nigerian-led ECOMOG task force has managed to thwart until now threatened attacks on Freetown.

28.  The Iraqi decision could defuse the crisis over arms inspections that led to threatened American attacks on Iraq and a buildup of U.S. military forces in the Gulf.

29.  The Nigerian-led intervention force, known as ECOMOG, has managed until now to thwart threatened attacks on Freetown.

30.  The statements suggested that both sides were no closer to a compromise that would avert a threatened U.S. attack on Iraq.