This raid could almost be seen as an act of piety.

The raid was seen as one of Mexico's most important anti-drug operations last year.

For the same reason, cross-border raids on abandoned Saudi Arabian villages can be seen to have rational motives.

Libya's raid on Sunday south of the Red Line was seen as a response to its losses on the ground to Chadian forces.

The raid was seen by many as a debacle, and an example of America's irresolution.

The raids Saturday night were widely seen here as a belated retaliation for that operation.

I have heard terms of this kind from his own lips; no wonder, then, that in such a system a raid on the human rights bureau in Ankara should be seen by the perpetrators as normal.

His dummy-half raids and effective defence were seen as instrumental in his team's victory.

The raid is widely seen as having been the turning point in the war.

But the raid reverberated with political overtones and was seen as further chilling the already frosty relations between Japan and North Korea.