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...fact, Turkey, which is worried about cross-border attacks by the Kurds, has urged Baghdad to take control of Kurdish lands in the northern Iraqi no-fly zones. "We have sent a delegation to Saddam to tell him that if he can impose central authority there, O.K.," Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller told the New York Times last week...
...officials say the agency offered no such guarantee. But in any case, as the Americans raced their Landcruiser toward the Turkish border and Iraqi troops began flooding the streets of Erbil, senior I.N.C. military officer Colonel Mukkadam Abu Khadim and his men were busy trying to stay alive. "The Mukhabarat [Iraq's secret police] had names and addresses," says Abu Khadim. "Those who didn't get away were seized." Of the 100 employees who worked for the rebel TV station, only 12 survived. Between 97 and 100 I.N.C. members were also killed on the spot; Abu Khadim says he interviewed...
...impression that working for the CIA can amount to a kiss of death is unlikely to be mitigated by the news that the Clinton Administration will evacuate some 2,500 aid workers, clerks, drivers and translators employed with U.S. military and relief operations who fled to the Turkish border in northern Iraq. As for Abu Khadim and his men, they are still waiting in Salahuddin. "We are in great danger," he said. "The CIA couldn't help us; we are soldiers and had to fight. But now we are asking them to do something for us as soon as possible...
...Turkish officials say they are not investing in Iran but simply buying its gas, just as Japan purchases Iranian oil. The Turks are probably right, revealing how little practical impact on its prime targets the controversial new law is likely to have. Even so, Iran counterattacked last week, filing a complaint against the sanctions at an international tribunal in the Hague...
...trade commissioner at the E.U. in Brussels, "establishes the unwelcome principle that one country can dictate the foreign policy of others." U.S. allies believe that neither of the new laws is likely to inflict any significant pain on Cuba, Iran or Libya, much less improve their objectionable behavior. The Turkish gas deal is a case in point. "These laws have nothing to do with fighting terrorism," says French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette. Of course, the Europeans do have an economic interest in retaining links to the outcasts: they import nearly 20% of their oil from Iran and Libya...