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Iraq Demands Information From Kuwait BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq demanded Sunday that the international community pressure Kuwait to release information on more than 1,150 Iraqis whom Baghdad claims have been missing in Kuwait since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Iraq has supplied Kuwait with ``strong and material evidence that some of the missing were civilians arrested in their homes in Kuwait in front of their families,'' Abdul Razaq al-Hashimi, head of the war prisoners committee, was quoted as saying in the al-Thawra daily. Al-Hashimi said that Kuwaiti authorities have given little and contradictory information on some of the missing. Kuwait has denied holding any Iraqi prisoners. It claims that more than 600 Kuwaitis went missing after Iraq invaded the oil-rich emirate in 1990. Duaij Anzi, manager of a Kuwaiti committee for war prisoners, told The Associated Press that he will address Iraq's claims at a news conference Tuesday. Iraq has withdrawn from an international committee set up to look into the issue of persons missing since the Gulf War that liberated Kuwait. Baghdad claims the committee has not applied enough pressure on Kuwait to reveal the whereabouts of the missing Iraqis. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi