They will keep up their threat of force, encourage the Iraqi opposition, try to get inspections under way again, stepuppatrols of the Gulf against sanctions-busting smugglers and launch a diplomatic offensive to bring the world round to their point of view.
The head of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo said his troops would stepup border patrols on the Macedonian-Kosovo border after reports of incursions by ethnic Albanian fighters.
The force, which will also be shutting the station at, Newent and Tutshill, has made a commitment to stepup "visible" police patrols by 15% throughout the county.