Issa noted that Syria's stance is for a U.N. ban on weapons of mass destruction in the region.

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And he cited the old U.N. inspectors' organizations reporting on weapons of mass destruction, for which Iraq had never accounted adequately.

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Several trucks and their contents were set on fire on the outskirts of N'Djamena, but the government denies responsibility for the destruction.

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In the first years after Desert Storm, U.N. inspectors uncovered Iraqi facilities used to manufacture weapons of mass destruction.

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The sanctions were expanded by the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, which cited Libya's failure to comply with U.N. resolutions, support of terrorism and efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

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