51. The chief U.N. arms monitor, Rolf Ekeus, was in Baghdad on Wednesday but failed to persuade Iraq to release missile engines and parts for inspection. 52. The chief U.N. weapons inspector said Saturday that Iraq is misleading arms monitors and blocking them from carrying out their mission. 53. The chief U.N. weapons inspector urged Iraq Sunday to cooperate with his arms monitors and said that Baghdad cannot set a deadline for the completion of their work. 54. The Security Council has said it will not consider lifting the sanctions until Iraq fully cooperates with U.N. arms monitors. 55. The remaining money is being used to pay U.N. arms monitors in Iraq and to Kuwait to compensate for war damage. 56. The sanctions will not be lifted until Baghdad proves to U.N. arms monitors that it has eliminated all its weapons of mass destruction. 57. The United Nations withdrew a Chilean member of its weapons inspection team on Monday after he was accused of espionage, the chief arms monitor in Baghdad said. 58. The United Nations withdrew a Chilean member of its inspection team from Iraq on Monday after Baghdad accused him of espionage, the chief arms monitor in Baghdad said. 59. The United States and Britain demanded full access for the arms monitors and threatened air strikes if Baghdad did not cooperate. 60. The United States and Britain demanded full access for the arms monitors and threatened military strikes if Baghdad did not cooperate. |