51.   Indeed, if China had been a more democratic country, the recent stalemate over the U.S. spy plane might have been much more difficult to resolve.

52.   Iraq still wants to expel Americans on the inspection team, and the U.S. warned its military will respond if Iraq shoots at the spy plane.

53.   Iraq also is maintaining its threat to shoot down any spy planes that enter its airspace.

54.   Iraq this week threatened to shoot down a U.S. spy plane on loan to the U.N.

55.   Iraq also is maintaining its threat to shoot down a U.S. spy plane on loan to the U.N. inspectors if it enters Iraqi airspace.

56.   Iraq also repeated its threat to shoot down a U.S. spy plane on loan to U.N. inspectors if it enters Iraqi airspace.

57.   Iraq tried to shoot down a spy plane last month, the officials said.

58.   Iraq also repeated its threat to shoot down a U.S. spy plane on loan to the U.N. inspectors if it enters Iraqi airspace.

59.   It says that the severely damaged American spy plane landed in China illegally because it did not issue a distress call or request permission to land.

60.   Its leader seems to place higher priority on a lucrative sale to China of Awacs spy planes equipped with the most sophisticated Israeli-developed technology.