Security advisers have to plan for possible assaults from the sky, on our underground transport systems and now the increasingly likely Mumbai-style operation in which determined gunmen attempt to massacre the civilian population and expect to die in the process.
At the same time, rebel forces massed outside Bani Walid, one of Colonel Qaddafi's last remaining strongholds, on Sunday, preparing for a possible assault after the latest negotiations for a peaceful surrender of the town came to nothing.
This week, President Bush travels to Prague for his first NATO summit meeting, seeking to redefine the mission of the trans-Atlantic alliance and to win support from its members for a possible assault on Iraq, officials said today.
She was one of hundreds of rebels at this roadside outpost — a mosque, clinic and store dwarfed by the desert landscape massing for a possible assault on the pro-Qaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid.
Mr Harrer had gone to Kashmir in 1939 on quite different business, to scout out a "killer mountain" called Nanga Parbat for a possible assault by his team of German and Austrian climbers.
Mr. Sharon calculates that it is in Israel's interest to do what it can to avoid hindering the American effort to gain international support for a possible assault on Iraq.
The newspaper said the official was expressing frustration to reporters that Mr. Bush seemed more interested in building support for a possible assault on Iraq than in focusing on NATO's expansion to 26 members.
Team Sky will target stage wins for the rest of the Tour de France as their Tour leader Bradley Wiggins recovers from a broken collarbone and prepares for a possible assault on the world championships at the end of the season, the team said.
Prosecutors said they investigated possible assault charges against Inspector Bologna for his use of pepper spray in a protest on East 12th Street on Sept. 24, 2011.
Bertuzzi has been suspended for the rest of the season, at a minimum, and he also faces a possible assault charge in a Vancouver court.
