71.   Washington fears that Saddam has continued trying to make weapons of mass destruction and has maintained a secret biological weapons program.

72.   Washington first made anthrax munitions in World War II, fearful that Tokyo and Berlin were making germ weapons.

73.   We assume that they want nuclear weapons and are in a position to get them, either by making the weapons or by obtaining them illegally from others.

74.   Weapons for the Bosnians would most likely come from Eastern European countries, because they make weapons the Bosnians are most familiar with from the former Yugoslav army.

75.   While the standoff continues, the report said, the inspection system can no longer verify that Iraq is not making weapons of mass destruction.

76.   Others argue it would at least make it harder for Iraq to get the components to make banned weapons.

77.   Pakistani investigators are interrogating two nuclear scientists about whether they helped Osama bin Laden make chemical weapons with anthrax, security and intelligence officials said Wednesday.

78.   Police in western Japan on Tuesday began criminal investigation of a man who allegedly exported to North Korea toxic chemicals that could be used to make weapons.

79.   Also, they say, private Western suppliers are evading export controls to sell equipment needed to make weapons.

80.   Although a weapon can be made with far less plutonium, that material is more dangerous to handle and more difficult to engineer.