11.   Eastern Zaire remains under the embargo, broad trade sanctions have been imposed on Burundi by its neighbors, and many Western states refuse to ship arms to Zaire.

12.   There are reports that Iran is secretly shipping arms to Bosnia.

13.   Zambia denies the claims, but Angola has threatened to attack airstrips in western Zambia from where it says the arms are being shipped.

14.   He said it was possible some US-made arms were shipped.

15.   It said it was unlikely, but not impossible, that an Iraqi-owned vessel would be shipping Iranian arms.

16.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Tuesday that the Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS ships arms into the West Bank and Gaza Strip from neighbouring Egypt and Jordan.

17.   Russia alleged that arms were being shipped from Turkey to Chechnya and that dozens of Turkish volunteers were fighting on the Chechen side.

18.   Russian security forces ordered four suspected Chechen separatists and two other men on Tuesday to surrender or be killed after being caught allegedly trying to ship arms into Chechnya.

19.   Russia alleged that arms were shipped from Turkey to Chechnya and that dozens of Turkish volunteers had been fighting on the Chechen side, charges rejected by Ankara.

20.   Russia alleged that arms were shipped from Turkey to Chechnya during the war, but Ankara rejected the charges.