Article: IRAQ RESTORES DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH IRAN FREE OIL IS OFFERED TO THIRD WORLD

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AMMAN, Jordan - Iraq tried to break out of isolation on two fronts yesterday, offering to give away Iraqi oil to poor nations and restoring diplomatic ties with Iran, once its archenemy.

Iraq made these moves a day after the superpowers' summit ended in Helsinki, at which President Bush and the Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, agreed on the need for Iraq to vacate Kuwait.

In an American move to strengthen a diplomatic link, Secretary of State James Baker 3d announced that he would visit Syria later this week in an attempt to further isolate Iraq. Syria has long had cool ...

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