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"TH~ NEWYORK'TIMBS'INTERNÄti()NÄLsATVRDAY; APRIL 27, 1991
KURDS BEGIN MOVE OUT OF MOUNTAINS TO AN ALLEID ZONE
IRAQ'S POLICE WHHDRAW
U.S.. Resettlement Hits Snag
as Rebels, Urging Safety,
Try to Stem the Return.
By CHUCK SUDET~:'
SpeclallO The New York Times
ZAKHO, 'Iraq. April 26 - ~urdish:
:refugees slowly began moving dowrr:
fr.om the mountains today as allie&
troops took effective control. of this'
rlorthern town with the final pullout ot
Ileveral hundred armed Iraqis. ,:
, But there was a new complication in:
~e United States' plan to resettle thai
Kurds in an encampment near here.~
Kurdish rebels re-emerged from:
knountain hideouts and sought tQdeter,:
~he return of refugees. saying the3Î,
needed to be convinced that the prO-:
posed safe,zone in, northern Iraq was,
Çompletely freeof Iraqi forces.
? Theguerrilla movement is also a.
~lear atteqlpt to re-establish a pres~:
ence in the area after the pullout of the:
~raqis. Iraqi forees .suppressed the~
Kurdish rebellion last month. prompt":
log more than a mitlion Iraqi Kurds t~:
flee towàrd the Turkish and Iranian'.
rrontiers.
Not the Last Obstacle
It" was hoped that the departure of
the armedlraqis from this area would:
remove the last major obstacle to the'
return of 500.000 mostly Kurdish refu.,
gees confined to wretched mountain'
~amps on the Turkish border. ~or now.
that return is at best a slow one. ' .
: The United States has built the first
pf what are to be several camps that
will house as many as 150.000Kurds in
northern Iraq. The United Nations announced
today that it wQuld take
charge of the camps within days now.
that there Isagreement that the Iraqi
/nilltary will pull back.' .:
: On Thursday. the United States;
warned Baghdad to withdraw the:
rorces. and the Iraqis began leaving on i
l'hursday night and early today. About'
50 Iraqi poliee officers. local men who
agreed to have their names registered,
with the allies. were allowed to remain. ,
But the Kurdish guerrillas, who took
up positions in Darkar. a village sev":
~ral miles north of 'Zakho. said they'
.would not encourage the Kurds tei'
,move farther down the Khabur river
valley to Zakho until they were convinced
that nn Iraqi police' remained in
the'safe zone. . .
"Maybethe,Iraqisoldiers leave. bUt
350
;th,ffsècrél wlice iB.'there;" said MO:'
Jjâmmed Khaled BasalI. commander of:
~:therebeloutpost in Darkar. "We won't
let the people go to Zakho until they all,
leave. If everything is safe, we willief
all the pet\Ple come doWn." • :
. Helicopter pilots today reporte