1. A climb-down by Saddam, in which he not only promises but delivers full compliance with U.N. weapons inspectors. 2. Crude oil rose as the return of United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq was clouded by the shooting of a UN soldier. 3. Friday, U.N. weapons inspectors returned to Baghdad. 4. Iraq is the most urgent, because Saddam Hussein has thwarted UN weapons inspectors even as new intelligence indicates he is developing biological and chemical agents and hiding missiles. 5. Stiffing UN weapons inspectors. 6. That is unacceptable, U.N. chief weapons inspector Richard Butler, an Australian, told the U.N. Security Council a week ago. 7. UN weapons inspectors, who were at the center of the recent Iraq-U.S. confrontation returned to Iraq today and will resume inspections in the next day. 8. A lower-level technical team grouping weapons inspectors from both sides also met. 9. Also Monday, Security Council members considered a Japanese-drafted letter affirming the work of U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq. 10. Bush has also warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that Iraq would face unspecified consequences if he did not allow U.N. weapons inspectors into Iraq. |