King Hussein Travels to Baghdad for Talks
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AMMAN, Jordan — King Hussein flew to Baghdad on Thursday for talks on the Middle East with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
The state-run news agency Petra gave no further details of the previously unannounced trip.
President Hussein, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Yemen’s leader, Col. Ali Abdullah Saleh, will join King Hussein in Amman on Feb. 24 for a summit meeting of the Arab Cooperation Council.
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