1.  Iraqi positions were also bombarded by allied warships which, by the beginning of February, had virtually obliterated that small Iraqi navy.

2.  There were also increasing reports of artillery bombardments against Iraqi positions and of forays into southern Kuwait by allied armoured units.

3.  The Iraqi position was supported by Yemen.

4.  The flooding renders some Iraqi positions on the border untenable but would make the going there impassable for tanks if fighting resumed.

5.  American pilots, however, will continue to fire on Iraqi military positions whenever they are targeted by Iraqi radar and anti-aircraft guns, Clinton said.

6.  Aziz, however, attached a two-page annex asserting nine Iraqi positions.

7.  All the usual international suspects are oinking and squealing about U.S. and British air strikes against Iraqi military positions last week.

8.  Some nations, like France and Russia, which would like to resume trade with Iraq, have been more sympathetic to the Iraqi position.

9.  Still, the coalition Tuesday firmly rejected the Iraqi position.

10.  The Iraqi position suggested that Baghdad might allow new inspections, but not unrestricted monitoring.