11.   Rep. Ike Skelton, Democrat of Missouri, said the banned weapons were no different from his hunting rifle.

12.   Some monitoring cameras have been switched off and equipment of possible use in banned weapons programs has been moved.

13.   The cease-fire that ended the gulf war envisioned an Iraq that would honestly report the banned weapons so they could be destroyed.

14.   The Senate measure, for example, does not automatically ban so-called copycat guns, which are variations on banned weapons marketed under new names.

15.   Others argue it would at least make it harder for Iraq to get the components to make banned weapons.

16.   According to U.N. resolutions, the embargo cannot be lifted until U.N. weapons inspectors report Iraq has destroyed its banned weapons of mass destruction.

17.   After a U.S.-led coalition drove the Iraqis from Kuwait, the council decided to maintain those sanctions until the banned weapons were destroyed.

18.   After an all-night standoff with Iraqi authorities, U.N. weapons experts entered a ministry building Saturday to search for data on banned Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

19.   Aguirre denied newspaper reports that state officials were helping businessmen obtain permits to carry normally banned weapons.

20.   Ambassador Alain Dejammet suggested an immediate lifting of the embargo while instituting a new monitoring mechanism designed to prevent Iraq from acquiring more banned weapons.