The Iraqi radio said the attack had been carried out by a "select air force formation" that returned to honors.

However, on May 11 Iraqi radio had broadcast a statement by these councils denouncing the forthcoming Kurdish elections.

The Iraqi radio called it a "triumph for the Palestinian people and Arabs at large."

The Iraqi radio and his grandson said he was buried early this morning.

Iraqi radio asserted that the first units to depart were seen off by representatives of the new Kuwaiti government and "a huge number of reporters."

The official Iraqi radio urged the Iraqis not to eat the food because the Americans had poisoned it.

The Iraqi leader's conciliatory gesture to Teheran was announced over Iraqi radio and television.

Iraqi radio denounced the episode, saying that marines had beaten up the tankers' crews.

Iraqi radio reported that President Hussein had ordered the mobilization of 14 reserve infantry divisions and canceled leaves in the armed forces.

Parts of the text were translated from a dispatch by the Iraqi News Agency and a broadcast by the Iraqi radio.