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Such was the skepticism surrounding the wispy accord that the U.S. and its allies did not so much as pause in their efforts to establish a safe haven for the Kurds in northern Iraq. Said a U.S. official about the agreement: "We can't welcome it. We can't pooh-pooh it. So we're extremely neutral." However, if the detente reached in Baghdad sticks, it may yet serve the allies' interests. If a final pact prompts the displaced Kurds to return to their homes, it would relieve the allies of the enormous difficulties they face in trying...
...many of their constituents will remain deeply skeptical of Saddam's intentions and will resist returning to their homes. They have seen Baghdad renege before -- on agreements made in 1966, 1970 and 1984 -- leading in each case to renewed fighting. Many Kurds insist that they will not accept any accord unless its enforcement is guaranteed by the U.N. That might be unacceptable to Saddam, who initiated this process to regain control of his country, not to cede...
...rapprochement in Baghdad may enable the allies who are assisting the Kurds to extricate themselves more quickly from Iraq. Two days after the tentative accord was announced, the U.N. agreed to take over the administration of the tent cities, a role the allies had been pressing on the organization. For now, allied forces will remain to provide protection for the camps; the deployment of U.N. peacekeeping troops would require a Security Council resolution, which the Soviet Union and China would probably block for fear of setting a precedent for U.N. intervention in their own rebellious outlands. But if Saddam abides...
...negotiations must have been successful: each side thought the other guy got the better of the deal. That was the reaction among industry officials last week when U.S. and British negotiators finally completed a new transatlantic airlines accord, settling a major dispute over access to London's Heathrow Airport and for the moment keeping poor Pan Am alive by the skin of its fuselage...
...majority," the staff position ignores the facts surrounding the ban. In her letter to Adams House residents, Allston Burr Senior Tutor Janet A. Viggiani admits "that the current smoking arrangements do not work; simple observation has also confirmed that they are often ignored. Furthermore, we are not in accord with either the letter or the spirit of the Harvard regulations...