Mr. Bush has vowed to take tough, if unspecified action, if Baghdad pursues developing weapons of mass destruction.
On Tuesday, the Iranian military warned that it would take unspecified action if the aircraft carrier returned to the gulf.
Late on Wednesday the US president, Barack Obama, warned of unspecified "consequences" if Russia did not change course.
The United Nations, meanwhile, has threatened unspecified penalties if Sudan cannot prove by Aug. 31 that it can restore stability.
Crude oil rose after Iraq warned of "unspecified consequences" if a pricing formula for its exports is rejected.
Mr Alfano has threatened unspecified reprisals if Cecilia Malmstrom, the European commissioner responsible, skips a meeting in Rome to launch Italy's six-month EU presidency.
The onus to enforce the 1913 law, Mr. Winslow said, lies with the clerks, who will face unspecified punishment if they do not.
At a December hearing the judge, James A. Redden of Federal District Court, moved the deadline for a third biological opinion to March 18 from March 1 but threatened unspecified consequences if he rejected it.
And Mr Maehara saw signs of Chinese pressure "in various places".Indeed, as Chinese officials issued dire warnings of unspecified consequences if their skipper were not freed, some odd things started happening.
