1.   America easily could face another crippling oil shortage, he believes, and policymakers and experts should be preparing for that rather than focusing so much on stocks.

2.   Iraq has doggedly pursued the idea of a review in hopes that it will accelerate the lifting of a crippling oil embargo.

3.   A crippling oil embargo cannot be lifted until UNSCOM certifies that Iraq has eliminated its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them.

4.   After intense U.S. lobbying, the Security Council agreed Monday to extend its crippling oil embargo and trade sanctions against Iraq at least until May.

5.   Iraq hopes its latest disclosures will encourage the United Nations to lift its crippling oil embargo and trade restrictions.

6.   Gnehm recalled that Iraq would remain under UN sanctions despite the oil-for-food deal which is a temporary exemption to a crippling oil embargo.

7.   He insisted Iraq had fulfilled UN disarmament conditions for the total lifting of the crippling oil embargo.

8.   Baghdad insists it has fulfilled these conditions and has called on the UN to lift its crippling oil and trade embargo slapped on Iraq following the invasion.

9.   But Oman, like Qatar, has pleaded for the crippling oil and trade embargo to be eased.

10.   The six-member delegation arrived Saturday in Baghdad on its third visit since the crippling UN oil and trade embargo was imposed.