NEWS: Bush Gives Iraqi Groups a Go-Ahead

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SUNDAY, FEB 4, 2001

Bush Gives Iraqi Groups a Go-Ahead

Talks between the United Nations and Iraq aimed at breaking an impasse over stalled weapons inspections likely will start in February rather than this month, diplomatic sources said January 5, 2001. Iraqi troops paraded before President Saddam Hussein in

WASHINGTON The Bush administration has given Iraqi opposition groups permission to resume their activities inside Iraq with American funding, marking the first substantial move by the Bush White House to confront President Saddam Hussein.

By giving the go-ahead this week to a program with the benign-sounding purpose of "collection of informational materials in Iraq," Bush officials moved beyond the policy of the Clinton administration, which harbored deep reservations about the Iraqi opposition.

The decision allows the Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella organization for groups opposed to Mr. Saddam's government, to draw from $4 million set aside by Congress in September for gathering information relating to Iraqi war crimes, military operations and other internal developments. Some of the money has already been used by the London-based organization for logistics and training outside Iraq. But ...

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