31.   Since the Iraqi offensive in Arbil Saturday, Clinton has been holding intense consultations behind the scenes with his aides, while making calls to his fellow world leaders.

32.   Sylvana Foa said Boutros-Ghali had decided to postpone the arrival in Baghdad of monitors and oil inspectors for security reasons following the Iraqi offensive Saturday.

33.   The Iraqi offensive against Arbil was the largest show of force by Saddam in Iraqi Kurdistan for five years.

34.   The missile strikes were ordered in response to an Iraqi offensive against Kurds in the north of the country.

35.   The no-fly zone in northern Iraq has been extended in the wake of an Iraqi military offensive in the region, the British government said Tuesday.