31.   In each case, inspectors were eventually allowed into the sites after protracted standoffs.

32.   Iraq has said it will never allow the inspectors into the sites.

33.   Iraq on Saturday reversed its decision and said it was allowing the inspectors back, averting what looked like certain military strikes by the United States and Britain.

34.   Iraq said last week that it would no longer allow U.N. inspectors into sensitive bases suspected of housing material related to its banned weapons programs.

35.   Iraq has raised questions about whether allowing inspectors back in would affect U.S. threats to topple Saddam.

36.   Iraq has said it will never allow the inspectors into certain sites.

37.   Iraq had earlier offered to allow inspectors into presidential sites for two months.

38.   Iraq has demanded that sanctions be lifted before inspectors are allowed back.

39.   Israel will open itself up to nuclear inspection if its neighbors allow Israeli nuclear inspectors in, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday.

40.   Iraq is also under U.S. pressure to allow U.N. inspectors into the country to verify if it has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction.