Faraaneh says Palestinians to get passports and safe haven

The AP reports from Amman that "Iraqi government and Kurdish leaders have agreed to give thousands of Palestinian refugees in Iraq a safe haven in northern Kurdish areas, said Hamadah Faraaneh, a Palestinian official who negotiated the deal said Wednesday. He also said the Iraqi government also agreed to issue temporary passports for the Palestinians to enable them to travel outside the country." If this is true, it is extremely good news, but mixed messages have been coming out regarding the PLO delegations to Iraq recently, and we can't yet verify this information. Faraaneh is a journalist and former Jordanian MP.