21.  Al-Hayat said the Iraqi leadership expressed readiness to start political reforms that would include a new constitution, adopting a multiparty system and respect for human rights.

22.  Ali had reportedly lost his good relations with the Iraqi leadership.

23.  Al-Jazeera is widely watched in Kuwait, but many Kuwaitis feel it is biased toward the Iraqi leadership.

24.  Also, Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Kabariti, a leading critic of Iraqi leadership, has advocated warm ties with Gulf Arabs.

25.  Although ties improved after Amman distanced itself from the Iraqi leadership, diplomatic relations have not been restored.

26.  Al-Majid has had an up-and-down career in the Iraqi leadership.

27.  An envoy of U.N. chief Kofi Annan urged the Iraqi leadership Thursday to cooperate with arms monitors in their inspection of banned weapons sites.

28.  American officials say the Iraqi leadership refuses to efficiently buy and distribute food and medicine available through the U.N. oil-for-food program.

29.  And Iraqi leadership, which generally voices its views in state-run newspapers, has not yet commented.

30.  And did the Iraqi leadership, throughout all those years of friendship and solidarity, miss that point altogether?