1.   Last October, as the weapons buildup became impossible to ignore, Lake said there were suggestions to seek an arms embargo.

2.   Military specialists say Hussein has continued his weapons buildup, particularly now that he has increased revenue from smuggled oil.

3.   A weapons buildup in this region is particularly worrisome since both Pakistan and India exploded underground nuclear devices last May and declared themselves nuclear powers.

4.   Armenian officials accused bitter rival Azerbaijan on Thursday of a weapons buildup far beyond the limits set under the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe.

5.   Rather than have U.N. inspectors try to track down whatever weapons remain, Ekeus believes the focus should be on preventing Iraq from engaging in a new weapons buildup.

6.   Some military analysts argue the unprecedented weapons buildup will ignite an arms race in a region crisscrossed by territorial disputes.

7.   That increase was to be coupled with a weapons buildup, he said.

8.   The Croatian defense minister on Saturday accused the Muslim-led Bosnian army of an uncontrolled weapons buildup, warning Croatia would react if necessary to protect Bosnian Croats.

9.   The hope is that such openness will avert weapons buildups that can lead armed conflict, according to the official.