101.  President Saddam Hussein convened meetings of the Iraqi leadership on Monday to discuss the international situation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the official INA news agency reported.

102.  Prince Saud said that the Iraqi leadership was to blame for the suffering of the Iraqi people, hit by crippling sanctions since the invasion of Kuwait.

103.  President Saddam Hussein Sunday chaired a meeting of the Iraqi leadership to examine ways of thwarting any US military offensive against Iraq, the official INA news agency reported.

104.  Several days after the defection King Hussein slammed the Iraqi leadership in a nationwide address.

105.  Sheikh Saad also called upon countries which sympathized with Baghdad during the crisis to state loud and clear that they had now changed their stand toward the Iraqi leadership.

106.  The embargo has deepened the isolation of the Iraqi leadership, undermining its ability to assess the extent of international opposition to lifting the embargo, diplomats here said.

107.  The Iraqi leadership on Sunday urged the two rival factions in northern Iraq to attend negotiations in Baghdad and renewed the call on Monday.

108.  The Iraqi leadership urged the two sides to stop seeking foreign support and instead begin negotiations sponsored by Baghdad.

109.  The Iraqi leadership had complained that the restrictions placed on its oil revenues amounted to a violation of its sovereignty.

110.  The Iraqi leadership on Sunday urged the two factions to hold talks in Baghdad and renewed the call on Monday.