51.   He paid no price for insulting and harassing weapons inspectors who were supposed to be given go-anywhere-see-anything access.

52.   He defied U.N. weapons inspectors and ignored international treaties.

53.   He said Britain believed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein must comply with UN resolutions which call for Iraq to stop obstructing the work of UN weapons inspectors in the country.

54.   He told the United States not to bomb Iraq over standoffs between Baghdad and United Nations weapons inspectors.

55.   His decision to kick out American weapons inspectors may have infuriated Washington, but it provoked almost no indignation from most other governments.

56.   Hoon emphasized the importance of allowing U.N. weapons inspectors back into Iraq with the freedom to roam the nation.

57.   Hours later, Richard Butler, the chief weapons inspector, announced the U.N. would withdraw the remaining personnel Friday morning and leave nine officials to monitor cameras.

58.   Hussein has not cooperated with the weapons inspectors and, amid repeated U.S. air strikes, now refuses to let them back in the country.

59.   If military force is required to assure that U.N. weapons inspectors can complete that job, America deserves Arab support.

60.   Immediately after the defection, the Iraqis offered more cooperation with the UN weapons inspectors, aware that Hussein Kamel would reveal what they had been hiding.