41.   Butler has been under pressure from France, Russia and China to certify Iraq is free of banned weapons or prove otherwise.

42.   Butler announced Monday that weapons inspectors would begin a series of surprise inspections in a final test of whether Baghdad is cooperating fully in the search for banned weapons.

43.   Butler urged Iraq to simply come ahead with information about its banned weapons so that the inspections can end.

44.   Chief weapons inspector Richard Butler said this month that Iraq was still trying to hide information on banned weapons programs and impede U.N. inspections.

45.   Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler said in remarks published Thursday that he was ready to quit his job if it meant Iraq would reveal all its banned weapons.

46.   Ekeus has said repeatedly that he believes Iraq is concealing information about its banned weapons programs and has purposely misled inspectors.

47.   Ekeus said it remains clear that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein still wants to keep some banned weapons, especially long-range Scud missiles.

48.   ElBaradei noted that inspectors will never be able to verify that Iraq has destroyed its banned weapons and can no longer restart its weapons programs.

49.   Ekeus arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday in a bid to convince Iraqi authorities to allow his inspectors to search sites suspected of housing banned weapons material.

50.   Ekeus told reporters the U.S. attack also prompted the United Nations to suspend helicopter flights carrying inspectors to sites where Iraq is believed to be hiding banned weapons.