11.   Allies of Yalahow said most of his troops were escorting a new weapons shipment from Ethiopia to Mogadishu on Tuesday.

12.   Arafat and his Authority have denied links to the weapons shipment seized by Israel last week.

13.   And, they said, he accepted the idea of more intensive monitoring of the border between Serbia and Bosnia to guard against weapons shipments.

14.   Arafat has denied any connection with the weapons shipment and ordered an investigation into the affair.

15.   At the border, law enforcement officials say the problem comes down to lack of adequate tracking of weapons shipments.

16.   Boucher also said the Bush administration was waiting to hear from Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, who has disavowed any knowledge of the weapons shipment.

17.   Commenting on the interception of the weapons shipment, Peres said Friday that Arafat has to make a choice.

18.   He wanted U.N. troops to block Serb weapons shipments across the border.

19.   However, it is unlikely that Muslim outrage will translate into large-scale weapons shipments to the Bosnian Muslims.

20.   However, it was unlikely that Muslim outrage would translate into immediate, large-scale weapons shipments to the outgunned Bosnian Muslims.