Barzani's spokesman denies Faraaneh's claims about safe haven

The AP has followed up on its interview with Hamadah Faraanah (an Amman-based member of the Palestine National Council) by checking it with a Kurdish official. Unfortunately he denied that permission has been granted for Palestinian refugees in Iraq to find a safe haven in Kurdistan. Barzani's spokesman Fuad Hussein said: "Such topics didn't occur during the visit of Palestinian delegation to Kurdistan." The discrepancy could not immediately be clarified as Faraaneh could not be immediately reached for comment. He had previously told the AP that the deal he'd help negotiate would allow "Palestinian refugees trapped in Iraq a safe haven, a place to live, work or study in the Kurdish provinces and to treat them appropriately as guests of the Kurdish region."