11.   But others suggest the reclusive communist nation may still spend heavily on developing weapons of mass destruction as bargaining chips with the outside world.

12.   He said there is an alarming coincidence between the states that harbor international terrorists and the states that have active programs of developing weapons of mass destruction.

13.   Hume said, however, that he supported the objective of preventing Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction.

14.   In the pact signed with Washington, North Korea agreed to freeze and eventually dismantle its Soviet-designed nuclear program, which was suspected of developing weapons.

15.   It is also to stop totalitarian states like Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction.

16.   Like Bush, he has accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction and said the situation cannot be allowed to stand.

17.   Meanwhile, Washington accuses Tehran of sponsoring international terrorism, trying to undermine the Middle East peace process and working on developing weapons of mass destruction.

18.   Rumsfeld did not offer his own assessment of how far al-Qaida had progressed toward developing weapons of mass destruction.

19.   Russia has said that it rebuffed Iranian attempts to acquire weapons technology, and Iran says it has no intentions of developing weapons of mass destruction.

20.   Russia has said that it thwarted Iranian attempts to acquire weapons technology, and Iran says it has no intention of developing weapons of mass destruction.