Earlier, Teheran had put the total of casualties of Iraqi air and missile raids in the last five days at 600 killed and 1,400 wounded.

The leadership's reaction to the American missile raid on June 27, which Washington said was in retaliation for the reported plot against Mr. Bush, has been astonishingly conciliatory.

The new strategy is risky, not least because the initial missile raids ordered by Mr. Clinton have won widespread public approval.

Beijing and the American people should know what the U.S. might do if Beijing blockaded Taiwan or sank its ships or carried out daily missile raids.

Early in the day, Belgrade television broadcast images showing the city almost deserted by shoppers today after heavy overnight missile raids aimed at military targets on the outskirts of the city.

She continued her now familiar role as an enemy missile boat-conducting simulated raids, inserting marine reconnaissance teams ashore, and testing remote sonobuoys-until sailing north in early July.

There was nothing, short of an incoming missile raid on his position, that could get him excited now.

They argued about the missile raid on New York, and the lack of supplies to the dwindling but crucial Central Africa pocket.

Several huge explosions in Kabul before dawn yesterday marked the resumption of American bombing and missile raids after a lull for the Muslim holy day.

"Killed in the kinetic missile raid."