21.  Meantime, a radio of the Iraqi group Kurdistan Democratic Party, monitored by Anatolia, said Saturday that Kurdish rebels were escaping towards Iran.

22.  Several Iraqi dissident groups claimed responsibility, but the regime accused Iran of harboring the attackers.

23.  Sharing the goal of ousting the Iraqi leader, British officials have invited more than a dozen Iraqi dissident groups for a meeting Monday to settle their differences.

24.  Six people were hospitalized Monday after two rival Iraqi groups fought each other with knives and sticks in downtown Bucharest, police said Monday.

25.  Talabani says Saddam cannot be trusted and wants the Kurdish struggle for his overthrow to continue with the support of other Iraqi dissident groups.

26.  The administration also is prepared to provide support for democratic Iraqi groups opposed to Saddam.

27.  The group also publishes articles in anti-Saddam journals outside Iraq and keeps in touch with a range of Iraqi dissident groups.

28.  The military and the representatives of the Iraqi group were not available for comment.

29.  The Iraqi groups talked with British Foreign Office Minister Derek Fatchett on Monday and won support for their efforts to indict Saddam for crimes against humanity.

30.  The major Iraqi dissident groups have held talks in the past few days, and relations between them were good, Sethna said.