Kurds Reject Iraqi Plan; Want More Land

Kurdish leaders have turned down an Iraqi plan granting autonomy to their people, saying the proposed autonomous zone is not large enough and other conditions are not acceptable, officials said Saturday.

Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Front, an umbrella group of eight major Kurdish parties, said he will return to Baghdad for further negotiations.

The decision appeared to be a setback for Barzani, who had said after talks in Baghdad earlier this month that an accord was imminent. But he says now that “it still needs further discussion.”