VOL. XXXIV

NO. 31

6-MAY-1991

The Political Scene

US Secretary of State James Baker's latest campaign to settle theArab-Israeli conflict appears to be in trouble after the Israelis changed theirmind about the desirability of even a severely limited peace conference. Aspeace moves falter, the allies have been drawn deeper into northern Iraq andhave had little success in persuading the UN to take over the task of protectingthe Kurds - who, according to one of their leaders, have been promised the...