31.  If the Iraqi forces do pull back, it could limit the scope of the conflict and avert a showdown with the Western forces.

32.  In his book, Hani Yamani also calls for unrestricted oil production and the eventual withdrawal of Western forces from Saudi Arabia.

33.  Iran resents the presence of Western military forces, especially those of the United States, in the oil-rich Gulf area.

34.  Iraq has accused the U.S. navy of sinking a tanker from which a Western naval force rescued the crew last week.

35.  It says regional countries should patrol the Gulf themselves, and expel U.S. and other Western forces from the oil-rich region.

36.  It said western forces are braced for a Bosnian Serb backlash as the noose tightens around Karadzic and that Sarajevo is on high alert.

37.  Kuwaiti prosecutors are preparing formal charges against six Kuwaitis suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against U.S. and other Western forces in Kuwait.

38.  Muslim extremists who oppose the presence of Western military forces in the kingdom are suspected of being behind the blast.

39.  Previous U.N. forces on the African continent have been led by Western forces with varied levels of participation from African countries.

40.  Sudan was one of the few Arab countries to oppose the use of Western forces to drive invading Iraqi forces out of Kuwait six years ago.