21.   Iraq does not recognize the zones and has in recent weeks repeatedly challenged the patrolling planes, which have retaliated by firing missiles at air defense systems.

22.   Iraq does not recognize the zones and has promised to fire at any plane that violates its air space.

23.   Iraq does not recognize the zones, and has been challenging the patrol planes since December.

24.   Iraq has never recognized the zones and has occasionally confronted aircraft flying in the areas.

25.   Iraq has never recognized the zones.

26.   The International Civil Aviation Organization also does not recognize the zone, he said.

27.   The pledges were a victory for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has been trying to convince nuclear powers to recognize the zone once it is established.

28.   Iraq does not recognize these zones, which were not officially imposed by the UN Security Council.

29.   Iraq last year declared it no longer recognized the zone, which was imposed following the Gulf War.

30.   Iraq does not recognize the zones, which are not sanctioned by any Security Council resolution.