31.  Ever since four days of U.S. and British airstrikes against Iraq last December, the administration has openly stepped up contacts with Iraqi opposition leaders.

32.  Finally, many critics have urged the administration to foster the Iraqi opposition, inside and outside the country.

33.  He also allowed an exiled Iraqi opposition group to set up offices in Amman.

34.  He can end the years of American double-crossing of the Iraqi opposition to Saddam.

35.  He covered the police in Simi Valley for The Los Angeles Times and reported on organized Jewish groups and Iraqi opposition groups in Washington for The Forward.

36.  In fact, Iraqi opposition leaders are warning that any operation that does not explicitly aim to remove Saddam from power could be counterproductive.

37.  In meetings with top State and Defense Department officials in the past two days, the Iraqi opposition has renewed its appeal for a program of military training.

38.  In preparation for the conference, a small group of Iraqi opposition leaders were invited to a planning session in Washington.

39.  In the airpower approach, the United States would team up with the Iraqi opposition for a decisive military campaign against the regime.

40.  In Washington on Wednesday, the Clinton administration took another step toward giving more support to Iraqi opposition groups.