More evidence showing that the U.S. ignores the U.N. when convenient but attempts to use it for it's own purposes when it needs the world body.

United Nations - In making the case for military action against Iraq for its defiance of UN resolutions, President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have repeatedly argued that the credibility of the world body is at stake.

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However, a handful of countries, including U.S. allies, are violating scores of Security Council resolutions without facing any threat of military reprisal. Stephen Zunes, an associate professor of politics at San Francisco University, counts more than 90 resolutions being violated by Israel, Turkey, Morocco, Cyprus, Armenia, Croatia, Indonesia, Sudan, Russia, India and Pakistan.

"The main point is that Iraq is not alone in violating UN resolutions," said Zunes, who compiled the list for the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal-leaning Washington-based think tank. "And ironically, in 80 percent of the cases, the violators receive substantial military, diplomatic and monetary support from the U.S."

The two top violators are Israel, which has failed to comply with 32 resolutions since 1968, and Turkey, which has violated 24 resolutions since 1974, according to Zunes' list.

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Since the early 1970s, the United States has used its veto nearly 50 times, more than the four other permanent council members combined. In most cases, the United States cast the only dissenting vote.

Zunes said the United States, with its frequent use of its veto power and failure to force allies like Israel and Turkey to abide by UN resolutions, appears hypocritical to the rest of the world by threatening Iraq with force.

"The U.S. appears smug and self-righteous by arguing that violations by a country we don't like harm the credibility of the UN," Zunes said. "Meanwhile, we ignore violations by U.S. allies."