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Iraq says it will leave Kuwait Says move is guarantee if coupled with allied cease-fire settlement Officials say air raids will not be stopped yet
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said to day that it has agreed to accept U.N demands and withdraw from Kuwait. Iraq also called for an immediate ceasefire in the 30 day old war that has detected Iraqis to relentless an attack.
The announcement came in a communique from Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council, which is headed by Saddam Hussein.
"In order to achieve a dignified and acceptable political settlement, the Revolutionary Command Council has decided to accept U.N. Security
Council resolution 660 of 1990, including the clause related to trap
The statement, also released by the official Iraqi News Agency, said that the council's willingness "should be regarded as a guarantee from Iraq and coupled with an immediate and comprehensive cessation of all land, air and sea military operations."
Resolution 600 was the first action taken by the United Nations after World War II.
The first of a series of resolutions it called for an unconditional Iraq war.
and urged the two countries to resolve their differences through negotiations.
The communique was issued a month after the U.S. led multinational force launched an air war at Haiti, forcing Iraq to reckonikuwait
It came after what Iraq media said was an overnight session of the nuclear deal.
Also during the night, Baghdad was struck by the latest in a series of night raids, one of which damaged the headquarters of the country's ruling Arab Baath Socialist Party.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said today that Baghdad radio's announcement that Iraq is willing to withdraw from, Kuwait will not be enough to stop the Persian Gulf War.
"The campaign goes on. We're not going to change anything on the strength of a radio announcement." said a senior military of ficial, speaking on condition of
anonymity.
Iraq's official radio aired an announcement this morning from Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council headed by Saddam Hussein. The announcement said that Iraq agreed to U.N. demands that it leave Kuwait. But, the statement added, Iraq withdrawal should be linked to a pullout of allied forces from the region and an Israeli pullout from the occupied territories.
Another Pentagon official also reacted cautiously, saying, "We have to wait and see. My reaction is more of relief than surprise."
President Bush and other U.S. officials have said since the war began that the fighting would stop only when a massive Iraqi troop withdrawal from Kuwait was actually in progress.
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