61.   Their relations soured further when the two were killed in February several days after they returned from exile to Baghdad.

62.   Relations soured badly last month following clashes along the border during which ethnic Shan rebels ove consistently denied.

63.   Relations soured further when the defectors were murdered shortly after their return to Baghdad in February.

64.   Relations have soured in recent years with China increasingly viewing the United States as hostile.

65.   Relations soured further when the defectors, General Hussein Kamel Hassan and his brother Saddam Kamel, were murdered shortly after their return to Baghdad in February.