From: trh@jack.sns.com (Al Trh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: Soccer, Saddam comments to Ecevit
Date: 30 Dec 1992 03:41:54 -0600
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(SOCCER RESULTS AT THE END               )

12/27 SADDAM SAYS HE WILL REGAIN NORTHERN IRAQ

    By Leon Barkho
    BAGHDAD, Dec 27, Reuter - President Saddam Hussein said
in remarks published on Sunday he will apply "the rule of
law" in northern Iraq once the West removes its air umbrella
over the region's Kurdish population.
    His comments on December 19, to Bulent Ecevit, leader of
the Turkish Democratic Left Party, were made only days
before Turkey extended the mandate of U.S. British and
French forces based on its territory to guard rebel Iraqi
Kurds from attack by Iraqi troops.
    "Once foreign troops are out, the people in the north
will kick these elements (Kurdish rebels) out and establish
peace and security in this area as part of Iraq," Saddam
said.
    "We wish when the circumstances are better to apply the
rule of law in northern Iraq," he said.
    About two million Kurds fled to Turkey and Iran when
their post-Gulf war revolt was crushed by Iraqi troops.
    The allies helped them return home in an operation
codenamed "Provide Comfort," establishing a safe haven in
northern Iraq and a no-fly zone.
    Saddam stressed his government had no plans to carry out
military operations that would lead to another mass exodus
of Iraqi Kurds. He said he was ready to conduct a dialogue
on issues that represented a source of concern to them.
    The Iraqi leader said the presence to the allied troops
in Turkey was a source of "discomfort" to Baghdad.
    Baghdad has blockaded areas in northern Iraq under
Kurdish rebel control, choking off fuel and food supplies.
    A series of bombings of aid trucks this month, which the
allies blamed on Baghdad, has forced the U.N. to suspend
winter relief to Iraqi Kurds.
    Saddam said he had nothing more than autonomy to offer
Iraqi Kurds who now run their own affairs. Last April, they
elected a parliament and later declared Iraqi Kurdistan a
federated state.
    He said Iraq would be ready to go to war if the allies
tried to include the oil-rich city of Kirkuk within the
Kurdish administration.


12/27 SPORT-TURKEY RESULTS (SOCCER)

    ISTANBUL, Dec 27, Reuter - Result of a Turkish first
division match on Sunday:

    Galatasaray     1 Kocaelispor    1

                   P    W    D   L   GF   GA   Pts
    Kocaelispor    15   10   3   2   40   14   33
    Galatasaray    15    9   4   2   27   10   31
    Fenerbahce     15    9   3   3   38   17   30
    Besiktas       15    8   6   1   29   13   30
    Trabzonspor    15    8   6   1   26   10   30
    Bursaspor      15    7   3   5   25   21   24
    Ankaragucu     15    6   2   7   24   22   20
    Sariyer        15    5   4   6   19   23   19
    Bakirkoyspor   15    5   3   7   24   24   18
    Altay          15    5   3   7   17   24   18
    Genclerbirligi 15    4   5   6   19   27   17
    Kayserispor    15    2   7   6   14   21   13
    Aydinspor      15    3   4   8   11   26   13
    Gaziantepspor  15    3   3   9   15   30   12
    Karsiyaka      15    2   6   7   15   31   12
    Konyaspor      15    0   6   9   13   43    6