John Elferink compared his choice of words to figurative language used by other politicians who refer to "attacking the opposition" and media headlines that say a person "lashed out".
Likewise his swaggery "bring 'em on" that July, referring to attacks on American soldiers in Iraq.
He was referring to attacks on American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998.
"I think it had drastically dropped over the last year or so," he said, referring to attacks.
Unconvincingly, a junior foreign office minister explained that Mr Hammond had been referring to attacks on the Syrian regime's forces.
"This is the only way to get around 'zero days,' " he said, referring to attacks that make use of software vulnerabilities that are unknown and, therefore, cannot be fixed quickly with patches.
"Why was he unmoved when A.N.P., others were being savaged by TTP?" Mr. Nasir wrote on Twitter, referring to attacks by the group known as the Pakistani Taliban on the Awami National Party and other blocs.
Aetna needs "somebody who is politically astute as well," said Mike Kelly, a health care specialist at Korn/ Ferry International, an executive search firm, referring to attacks on managed care in Congress and a number of states.
At the time that this item was written, Google News (http://news.google.com) listed 1819 results for the white shark, most referring to attacks.
"We can achieve a tremendous amount these days through remote exploitation rather than face to face meetings with agents," says an MI6 officer referring to attacks on computer networks.
