31.   Iraqi dissidents have urged John Paul not to go to Iraq, saying it would give support to President Saddam Hussein.

32.   Iraqi dissidents said Sunday that Clinton administration officials have promised to agree to provide financial aid to groups trying to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

33.   Iraqi dissidents say Saddam has massed tanks on edge of Kurdish zone.

34.   Iraqi dissidents say Saddam wants relatives of his sons-in-law to forgive the killers, to reunite his feuding clan.

35.   Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of several army officers accused of plotting to assassinate him, a leading Iraqi dissident said Tuesday.

36.   Iraqi dissidents and Arab diplomats said last month al-Tikriti had refused to return to Iraq after his diplomatic service ended.

37.   Iraqi dissidents have urged John Paul against making the trip, saying it would gain undeserved international sympathy for a regime guilty of persistent human rights violations.

38.   Iraqi dissidents in Jordan said Wednesday that Saddam put his wife under house arrest after she opposed his plan to forgive the killers of his two sons-in-law.

39.   Iraqi dissidents pointed to the suffering and dismissed the celebrations as a false show of loyalty to the regime.

40.   Iraqi dissidents said Saddah, who holds a doctorate in computer science, was a founder of the Iraqi Community Association but left several years ago.