World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : Kurds Cite Secret Demand by Hussein
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Kurdish leaders said that a key obstacle to an accord on Kurdish autonomy is a previously undisclosed demand by President Saddam Hussein that they cut direct ties with the West and help him fight the Shiite Muslim minority. They said that representatives of Hussein set out the new conditions in a document submitted to Kurdish negotiators in early June. The disclosure cast doubt on the prospects for an early agreement.
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