11.   During the last Iraqi crisis in February, the secretary-general flew to Baghdad and secured an agreement to allow unfettered weapons inspections that averted U.S. and British airstrikes.

12.   Fear of greater instability in the Middle East and a surge of sympathy for the Iraqi people led many Thursday to oppose U.S. and British airstrikes on Baghdad.

13.   For similar reasons, Moscow bitterly denounced U.S. and British airstrikes against Iraq late last year, briefly recalling its ambassadors from Washington and London.

14.   France was critical of the U.S. and British airstrikes on Iraq and has long called for a lifting of sanctions.

15.   He cited the example of Iraq, where U.S. and British airstrikes last month failed to force Saddam Hussein to let U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country.

16.   In the West Bank town of Nablus, protesters against U.S. and British airstrikes in Iraq tried to march toward Israeli outposts to confront soldiers.

17.   Iraq pledged to resume full cooperation with inspectors a month ago under threat of U.S. and British airstrikes.

18.   Iraqi oil smugglers put out of work late last year by U.S. and British airstrikes are intent on building up their fleets.

19.   Iraq banned UNSCOM from returning after Butler ordered inspectors out of Baghdad just before U.S. and British airstrikes in mid-December.

20.   Iraqi forces have repeatedly challenged allied planes enforcing no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq since U.S. and British airstrikes on Iraq in December.