1.   Both the United States and the Soviet Union developed germ weapons after World War II.

2.   A confidential Bush administration review has recommended that the United States not accept a draft agreement to enforce the treaty banning germ weapons, according to American officials.

3.   A Russian biologist in Iran has denied conducting research that could have helped the Soviet Union or Iran develop germ weapons.

4.   After the article appeared, Bakayev denied in an interview with MSNBC any prior or current participation in the development of germ weapons.

5.   All equipment that could be used for making germ weapons had been destroyed.

6.   All germ weapons are not created equal.

7.   But some administration officials and Republicans in Congress assert that Russia is still secretly researching germ weapons, just as it did in the Cold War.

8.   But Yeltsin was more interested in deterring the United States from using any force at all than in deterring Saddam from using his germ weapon.

9.   Chemical weapons are typically less likely than germ weapons to cause widespread death and illness, but experts say they are easier to make and deploy.

10.   Despite a history going back ages, and despite occasional grim successes, germ weapons have never played decisive roles in warfare or terrorism.