From the Washington Times, June 5, 1996
Iraqi Opposition Tells of Talks in Damascus
London.--A prominent Iraqi businessman with close ties to the regime of his president, Saddam Hussein, is in Damascus to discuss future cooperation between Syria and Iraq, an Iraqi opposition group reported yesterday.
Sattam Kaoud, who heads the Jordanian Iman company and oversees other companies owned by Saddam's son Uday, arrived in Damascus June 1 and is staying at the Meridien Hotel there, according to the Iraqi Broadcasting Corp. (IBC), run by the umbrella Iraqi National Congress.
Mr. Kaoud's trip was arranged by a man named Mishaan Jibouri, who is also in Damascus, the IBC said. It did not provide details on Mr. Jibouri's identity, but other Iraqi opposition sources say he attended an Iraqi opposition conference in Syria this year.
Mr. Jibouri and Mr. Kaoud have discussed the possibility of reopening the Iraqi-Syrian border, the IBC said. Iraq, which has been under international sanctions since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, reached agreement last month with the United States to resume limited oil sales to buy humanitarian supplies.
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