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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amps Ous sch Sohlor a kurdish woman left seems Happy to arrive at the Zakhoo Iraq Camp. More and More refugees some Laden with blankets and other goods Are returning  of kurd begins silo i Turkey apr Allied troops saturday loaded iraqi kurd onto scores of trucks and buses As part of an Effort aimed at repatriating an estimated 200,000 refugees remaining in the mountains bordering Turkey. A a a Quot meanwhile Allied officials were waiting for an iraqi response to a proposal to make a demilitarized zone out of Dozhuk. The iraqi provincial capital is crucial to the resettlement program known As operation Gallant provider because it is Home to 100,000 of the exiled kurd. Iraq and the allies have spent a week forging a com Promise Over Security arrangements for Dozhuk. Kuril have avoided Dozhuk because it is occupied by iraqi soldiers and excluded from the secure zone in Northern Iraq which was created to make the refugees feel Safe. The refugees fled their Homes in March to escape Baghdad a brutal Campaign to crush a kurdish rebellion in the Wake of the persian Gulf War. In an Effort to avoid a confrontation and Speed the withdrawal of the 10,000 . Soldiers protecting the kurd Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said Fri Day the United states May ask for the United nations to authorize a police Force in the area despite iraqis objections. In other developments. A kurdish rebel Leader Massoud bar uni conferred with iraqi president Saddam Hussein on. Saturday to work out details of a  Homeland for the kurd in Northern Iraq. It was their second meeting in a week. The official iraqi news Agency in a one Seii tence report said Saddam received Barzani at a see kurd on Page 10 moms sure give special kind of love a moms Are important because says Jennifer Aguayo a they make treats for you. And help you do Homework and math. And make pies and  the 7-year-old from Firth Germany is among dozens of american children from All Over Europe who talk about their moms in a Spe Cial mothers Aguayo Day edition of sunday Magazine inside. Also featured in the Magazine is a very special group of mothers a women Home from deployment for a Sweet and bittersweet mothers Dav. Baker says persian Gulf states to sit Shannon Ireland a  Arabia and its five Arab partners in the persian Gulf will break a a major taboo and negotiate directly with Israel if there is a Middle East peace conference Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said saturday. But Baker flying to Syria to begin a fourth round of shuttle diplomacy Over just two months said the Gulf countries participation would be limited to such Side issues As water resources and to sending an observer to the opening of the peace conference. Any negotiations on peace terms with Israel would be limited on the Arab Side to the front line Arab states such As Jordan and Syria. Even so. Baker hailed the announcement which culminated two weeks of quiet diplomacy by the Bush administration. A a we will break at least one major taboo in the sense that we will have Arab states sitting Down and negotiating with Israel Quot bake Saiden route to Damascus. Baker Learned of the Gulf cooperation councils willingness to participate in the peace process from saudi ambassador Prince. Bandar bin Sultan. Just before leaving for Syria the Washington Post reported in saturdays editions. In Jerusalem the israeli foreign ministry had no immediate comment. But a senior israeli official reached by Telephone said he was surprised by bakery a statement. A he said the idea of the saudis joining a second stage of talks on. Regional issues a was always in the air but until now the israelis have been told the saudis have Only said a maybe Quot to the plan. A this would be different it would mean a yes added the official speaking Oil the condition of anonymity. I be declined to elaborate. But Baker s announcement was met with Little response in Riyadh and there was no Public mention of it at a meeting of persian Gulf and european foreign ministers in . Quot i have no ideas about such an announcement said a senior saudi official in Riyadh. Quot it there is any comment it will be officially announced  diplomats at several embassies. Including the United states said they were unaware of the announcement and weren to see Baker on Page 10  
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