31.  The carefully planned attack involved the nearly simultaneous release of at least five packages that emitted poison gas on three different subway lines.

32.  The information could prove valuable if Bernstein eventually can identify acquaintances who were aware of the planned attack or were involved in it.

33.  The most serious are meticulously planned attacks in which organized crime gangs target valuable cargo, resell it in advance, and prepare fake registration papers for a ship.

34.  The officials said the planned attacks were intended to exploit political discontent in the region.

35.  The planned attack was called off.

36.  The officials offered few details about the nature or targets of the planned attack, citing the sensitivity of intelligence-gathering methods.

37.  The stock inquiries here and abroad are focusing on whether some investors sought to profit from the catastrophe, because they had knowledge of the planned attacks.

38.  There have been five suicide bombings in Israel since that phase of the offensive ended, and Israeli security officials have reported several other planned attacks that were foiled.

39.  Three days before the summit, the police said they had forestalled a planned attack by ETA, the Basque separatist group.

40.  Whether the device was planted by Jewish extremists targetting Arabs or Muslim extremists who may have botched a planned attack in West Jerusalem was not determined.