Mr. Butler calls the move a "direct violation" of Security Council resolutions.

There is an understandable sense of frustration at Saddam's brazen violation of Security Council resolutions - and of his own promises to comply.

Such an act would put Baghdad in blatant violation of Security Council resolutions.

Any vessel in violation of Security Council resolutions could be denied access.

Bill Richardson, the United States' representative, charged the Iraqis with violations of Security Council resolutions.

Attacks at any point along the Blue Line, including in the Shebaa Farms area in the occupied Golan Heights, are violations of Security Council resolutions.

One senior administration observed that the mobile laboratories were a violation of Security Council resolutions, whether or not they were used to produce weapons.

President Bush said today that Iraq's agreement to permit inspectors into a Government building did not resolve his concerns about Baghdad's violations of Security Council resolutions.

In violation of Security Council resolutions, guns, fuel, gems and logs continue to cross Thai borders, allowing the Khmer Rouge to keep up its fighting strength.

But they note that sanctions are imposed and enforced on Iraq for its violations of Security Council resolutions, while Israel defies resolutions without facing any sanctions.