21.   Iraq had hoped the evaluation would lead to a favorable report on its efforts to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction, a U.N. precondition for lifting the sanctions.

22.   Iraq says it has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction, a prerequisite for the lifting of sanctions against it.

23.   Iraq maintains it has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction, and has refused to admit U.N. weapons inspectors for more than three years.

24.   Iraq maintains it has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction.

25.   Iraq, responding to harsh U.S. rhetoric, reiterated its claims that it has dismantled weapons of mass destruction.

26.   Iraq argues that it has fulfilled the U.N. requirements that it dismantle its weapons of mass destruction and that the embargo should be lifted.

27.   Iraq has long insisted that it has destroyed or dismantled the weapons in line with U.N. resolutions.

28.   Iraq is also under U.S. pressure to allow U.N. inspectors into the country to verify if it has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction.

29.   Many people try to dismantle the weapons on their own instead of notifying emergency officials, often causing casualties.

30.   Sanctions against Iraq cannot be lifted unless U.N inspectors verify that Baghdad has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction.