Iraq informs Morocco of latest developments in Iraq-US crisis

The Moroccan monarch, King Hassan II, received a communique from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, carried by Deputy Prime Minister Hamzah El-Zubaydi, accompanied by Yousef Hamadi, the Iraqi president's advisor.

Zubaydi said that the message aims at informing the Moroccan monarch about US threats to launch a military attack on Iraq and Iraq's attitude toward the issue raised by the chairman of UNSCOM, Richard Butler, and the US administration concerning the activities of the inspection groups in Iraq.