21.   Washington maintains embargoes against both Cuba and Iraq.

22.   Zhirinovsky arrived in Baghdad as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright, was visiting Gulf states to drum up support for maintaining the embargo.

23.   But Iraq said Monday that the US campaign to maintain the embargo was running out of steam.

24.   The official daily Al-Jumhuriya warned Saturday that Iraq could retaliate if the United States insisted on maintaining the embargo.

25.   The regional leaders are split, but maintained the embargo at a summit here last October.

26.   The troops were driven out seven months later by a US-led coalition, but the embargo was maintained.

27.   The Security Council last week maintained the embargo against Iraq after Baghdad failed to satisfy its concerns about programs for weapons of mass destruction.

28.   Washington had led the campaign to maintain the embargo, despite signals from Paris and Moscow that it was time to partially lift them.

29.   Washington and London want to maintain the embargo, which is directly linked to Iraqi disarmament.

30.   Washington on Friday launched a diplomatic campaign to lobby UN Security Council member states to maintain the embargo.