1.   It also provided funds for a non-prison intermediate sanctions program.

2.   Rallying other nations around a sanctions program is a visible way of claiming world leadership.

3.   The grants could be used to build or expand juvenile detention centers to develop alternative sanction programs.

4.   American diplomats simply referred reporters back to the original Security Council documents as the basis for the sanctions program, implying that the speech was mostly for domestic consumption.

5.   Baghdad wants the entire sanctions program lifted, claiming it has met the conditions imposed by the United Nations to destroy its long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

6.   But Washington also fears an uncompromising stand will backfire and weaken international resolve to maintain the overall inspections and the sanctions program.

7.   Many traders had been concerned that those comments could somehow tie into the current U.N. sanctions program on Iraq when it comes up for its normal renewal Friday.

8.   Nevertheless, Washington also fears an uncompromising stand will backfire and weaken international resolve to maintain the overall inspections and the sanctions program.

9.   So far, Russia has opposed proposed revisions in the sanctions program sought by the United States and Britain.

10.   That would deflect criticism from the Arab world that the sanctions program is punishing only innocent Iraqis and should be removed even if Iraq does not completely disarm.