41.   France backed Britian and the United States in their decision to deploy allied troops near the Kuwaiti border with Iraq earlier this month.

42.   Gulf stock markets are watching Iraqi military movements near the Kuwaiti border but none of them has been seriously affected by the reported build-up, dealers said on Monday.

43.   He added that information reaching London indicated that Iraq was moving a large number of troops towards the Kuwaiti border.

44.   He blasted the heavy deployment of US forces in the Gulf following an Iraqi troop build-up near the Kuwaiti border earlier this month.

45.   He said Iraqi forces deployed to the Kuwaiti border were still in the field.

46.   Hundreds of Iraqi military vehicles headed north from the southern town of Basra on Tuesday as Baghdad announced that it was withdrawing troops massed near the Kuwaiti border.

47.   Iraq and US-led forces squared up to each other after Baghdad moved troops toward the Kuwaiti border in early October.

48.   Iraq announced Monday it was pulling back its troops from the Kuwaiti border.

49.   Iraq on Friday refused to confirm or deny US reports of troop movements near the Kuwaiti border, saying army operations within Iraqi borders were its own business.

50.   Iraq is aiming to pressure the United Nations into easing its sanctions by moving troops toward the Kuwaiti border, Israeli military sources said Friday.