31.  An Israeli-Arab lawmaker said Sunday that he is planning a trip to Baghdad to express support for the Iraqi leadership.

32.  Annan made the appointment following his visit to Baghdad, saying he needed a channel of communication to the Iraqi leadership.

33.  But in the last two years Jordan has been distancing itself from Iraq, publicly criticizing Iraqi leadership and granting asylum to prominent dissidents.

34.  But seven years of grueling economic and political punishments have had their toll on the Iraqi people and, to a lesser extent, on the Iraqi leadership.

35.  Cem was scheduled to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz on Thursday to urge the Iraqi leadership to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.

36.  Chief U.N. inspector Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad on Monday in a new attempt to convince the Iraqi leadership to allow his weapons teams to do their work.

37.  Eckhard said U.N. security chief Benon Sevan made the decision following a series of exchanges with the Iraqi leadership.

38.  Hamdoon said Thursday that he expected the Iraqi leadership would respond to the proposal for a comprehensive review in a matter of days.

39.  He also accused the Iraqi leadership of repeatedly deceiving him.

40.  He also reportedly was involved in illegal arms imports and owed the Iraqi leadership millions of dollars.