The 50 Most Ridiculous Things About the Upcoming War in Iraq! should have stopped at about 15, but it's fun nonetheless.
A large part of the brouhaha over Saddam Hussein's "defiance" is based on the popular belief that he expelled U.N. weapons inspectors in 1998. In fact, U.N. weapons inspectors were never kicked out of Iraq in 1998. What actually happened was that lead inspector Richard Butler evacuated his crew in order to avoid an imminent U.S. bombing run.
