Beardedbruce, the UN resolution does not authorize the US to take any action without the approval of the Security Council. And the Security Council did not in any way give the US the authority to take any action. In fact, as I have said before, it specifically states that member nations agree to uphold Iraqi soveriegnty, and to not interfere in any way with the UN inspectors ability to do their job. I have read the resolution very, very carefully, looking for any language that authorizes the US to take action on its own initiative, and it just isn't there. The US violated the resolution by A. interefering in the UN inspectors ability to do their job, and B. by not upholding the soveriegnto of the Iraqi nation.