1.   Annan was criticized for going to Baghdad, Iraq, in February and brokering an accord over arms inspections that quickly unraveled.

2.   A State Department official said the U.S. was considering a proposal to allow Iraq to sell more oil to encourage compliance with arms inspections.

3.   All he has to do is fulfill his promises about arms inspection.

4.   But both President Clinton and U.S. Secretary State Madeleine Albright today insisted that airstrikes can only be averted if Iraq rescinds its decision to halt arms inspections.

5.   But meanwhile, no on-site arms inspections are taking place because Butler has refused to drop Americans from his team.

6.   But the Iraqis gave no indication that they were willing to back down and resume arms inspections to head off American bombs.

7.   But these attacks are no substitute for on-site arms inspection.

8.   But with international support for arms inspections and sanctions against Iraq weakening, some administration officials seem ready to quietly abandon that goal.

9.   Emboldened by its past successes in curtailing U.N. arms inspections, Iraq has now virtually banned all monitoring efforts.

10.   For months Washington has insisted that Iraq must show full cooperation with arms inspections before Baghdad can have any hope of such a review.