11.   The rebels have responded to the arms buildup with more attacks, financed by kidnapping, extortion and the drug trade.

12.   Viewing the Nazi threat, Churchill demanded a major arms buildup.

13.   War, and the preparation for war, is one of the greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

14.   While Ronald Reagan remains legendary for his arms buildup, Clinton has accelerated arms exports to new levels of moral bankruptcy.

15.   Peru has accused Ecuador of an arms buildup in preparation for the recent month-long border war.

16.   A new U.S. intelligence report predicts China would accelerate its nuclear arms buildup if the United States erected a national defense against long-range missiles.

17.   Although Southeast Asia is in the midst of an arms buildup, none of the ten nations have the technology to produce nuclear weapons.

18.   Although ASEAN nations are in the midst of a significant conventional arms buildup, no member is anywhere near capable of producing nuclear weapons.

19.   And EU nations fear a new arms buildup.

20.   Azerbaijan issued a protest Friday over a Russian arms buildup in neighboring Armenia, with which it has uneasy relations.