31.   Iraq accuses the Special Commission, under Australian Richard Butler, of working on behalf of the United States to prolong the sanctions.

32.   Iraq had asked for the talks since it has frequently complained the inspectors are dominated by Americans who want only to prolong the sanctions.

33.   Iraq has long accused Kuwait of trying to prolong the sanctions along with the United States and Britain.

34.   Iraq has long contended that the commission operates at the behest of the United States and Britain to prolong the sanctions.

35.   Iraq rejected the initiative Sunday, saying it was only an effort to prolong the sanctions.

36.   Iraq has long accused the United States and Britain of needlessly prolonging the sanctions.

37.   Iraq has long accused the United States of manipulating the weapons inspectors, especially Butler, in a bid to prolong the sanctions.

38.   Iraq has long accused UNSCOM of working on behalf of the United States to prolong the sanctions as a means of weakening the government of President Saddam Hussein.

39.   Iraq has long accused UNSCOM of working on behalf of the United States to prolong the sanctions as a means to weakening the government of President Saddam Hussein.

40.   Iraq insists that it has done so and accuses the Americans on the inspection teams of spying and of working to prolong the sanctions.