21.  Iraqi President Saddam Hussein offered to reopen a dialogue with the warring Kurdish opposition groups following a cabinet meeting Monday.

22.  Along with the Marxist Komaleh, it is one of the two main Kurdish opposition groups fighting against the Tehran government from bases in Iraq.

23.  An Iraqi official, meanwhile, renewed offers of a dialogue with the Kurdish opposition.

24.  As the battle raged, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Monday offered to hold talks with the Kurdish opposition.

25.  Aziz also denied allegations that Iraqi troops had executed Kurdish opposition members after their attack on Arbil.

26.  Baghdad, having allied with a Kurdish faction, sent forces into northern areas of Iraq controlled by Kurdish opposition forces in August.

27.  Despite promises to protect Kurdish opposition members, the United States appears unable to prevent Saddam Hussein from consolidating his power over Kurdish-held areas in northern Iraq.

28.  The paper, quoting Ciller, said Turkey had given Iraqi President Saddam Hussein the green light to impose his authority over the Kurdish opposition in northern Iraq.

29.  Turkish president Suleiman Demirel called for talks between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish opposition, in an interview published here Saturday.

30.  Turkey has given Iraqi President Saddam Hussein the green light to impose his authority over the Kurdish opposition in northern Iraq, according to a newspaper report Saturday.