41.  He has publicly criticized the Iraqi leadership, granted asylum to senior Iraqi defectors and allowed U.S. combat jets in Jordan to fly patrols over southern Iraq.

42.  He has criticized the Iraqi leadership and granted asylum to dissidents.

43.  He claimed that the Iraqi leadership had welcomed his request to return to Baghdad.

44.  He claimed the Iraqi leadership had welcomed his request to return to Baghdad.

45.  He said the policy of interfering with U.N. flights came directly from the Iraqi leadership.

46.  He issued a scathing account of the brutal tactics employed by the Iraqi leadership to stifle political opposition.

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

48.  He returned to Moscow to brief President Boris Yeltsin, who ordered Posuvalyuk to return to Baghdad on Sunday for more talks with Iraqi leadership.

49.  He said he had also been upset that the Iraqi leadership had repeatedly deceived him.

50.  Hours later, Iraqi leadership announces it accepts the Russian proposal to allow U.S. arms inspectors to return to the country immediately.