21.   The statements said the crowds disarmed security forces, confiscated weapons, attacked banks and set gas stations on fire.

22.   Upton said Marines were photographing confiscated weapons and recording their serial numbers before destroying them.

23.   He also called for the PA to return confiscated weapons of HAMAS members to defend themselves.

24.   He said he hoped that through negotiation the Zairean authorities could be persuaded to return their confiscated weapons.

25.   They later released Enow, but kept the trucks and their cargo, as well as the confiscated weapons.

26.   Mahmud Zahar, a senior HAMAS official, called for the Palestinian Authority of Yasser Arafat to return confiscated weapons of HAMAS members for them to defend themselves.