Next Stop Baghdad?
With Jordan aboard and Syria on the first step,
Saddam Hussein may try to put Iraq on peace train
as well.
INA FRIEDMAN ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT
Photograph by Frank Fournier-Contact Press Images
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first came the total surprise
of the Oslo Declaration of
Principles with the Pales-
tinians. Then came the
Washington Declaration and
highly public romance between
King Hussein and Prime Minis-
ter Yitzhak Rabin. And last
week there were reports that
Syrian President Hafez el-Assad
is prepared to begin negotiating
the nifty-gritty of a peace agree-
ment before receiving a com-
mitment on the depth of Israel's
withdrawal.
After a performance like that,
what can one expect for an en-
core?
Well, last Friday night the
weekly "News Diary" of Israel
television's First Channel
revealed that feelers about hold-
ing direct talks with Israel were
coming from no less a surprising
source than Saddam Hussein's
Iraq. Can it be that a strapped
Saddam, looking around and
seeing the good times pass him
by, has decided that he, too,
wants a seat on the peace train?
Most obser:ers think not. But
they do believe that, seeing how
Jordan and the PLO (his two al-
lies in the Gulf War) have re-
ceived not just America's
forgiveness but American aid in
return for signing agreements
with Israel, Saddam has reck-
oned that Jerusalem holds the
key to Washington's heart and
that some effort at "wooing" the
Israelis can do no harm. His
goal, observers say, is neither
peace with Israel nor joining the
American fold in the "new world
order," but simply getting the
sanctions that have been chok-
ing Iraq since the end of the Gulf
War lifted at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
The question of renewing the
economic sanctions against Iraq
is reviewed by the Security
Council every two months (the
last time having been on July
18), and opinion is now divided
among the council's five perma-
nent members.
While the United States and
Great Britain are adamant
about maintaining the boycott
until Iraq yields on a number of
demands — such as recognizing
Kuwait's borders and halting
violations of civil rights — Rus-
sia, France and China are in fa-
vor of easing it.
These three have been joined
by some of the countries that
fought Iraq in the Gulf War.
Turkey, for example, is inter-
ested in reopening the Iraqi oil
pipeline that runs through its
territory, and Egyptian Presi-