No other facilities were declared in the initial Iraqi statements.

According to Iraqi statements, it costs anywhere from $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion a year to keep the meager rations flowing.

The Iraqi statement made it clear that Baghdad was accepting both sets of talks.

Yesterday, the networks turned their attention entirely to reactions to the Iraqi statement.

The Iraqi statement indicated that the captured pilots were being used as so-called human shields to deter allied air attacks.

"Iraq has never asked for any political guarantees from any party for the security of the proposed project," the Iraqi statement said.

The Iraqi statement said the decision would be effective on Wednesday.

Elements of an approach have also surfaced in recent Soviet and Iraqi statements.

The bad news is that the Iraqi statement as it stands is a ploy, if not a hoax.

The Iraqi statements were said to be "totally unacceptable."