Law School dean named head of ND - Australia Iraq frees hundreds of hostages

(AP)—More than 100 Am eri­ cans and several hundred other foreigners left Baghdad on je t­ liners for hom e Saturday, but many others rem ained behind, p rom pting P residen t Bush to criticize Iraq for freeing the hostages too slowly. In an o th e r m ajor develop­ ment, Bush announced on Sat­ urday th a t he and P resident Mikhail Gorbachev will m eet in Helsinki, Finland, on Sept. 9 to discuss the Middle E ast and other m atters, including arm s control. “ I’m glad when any American comes out of there, but th e re ’s a certa in bru tality , a certa in taw dry perform ance in all of th is ,” Bush said, w hen asked about Iraq ’s policy of releasing a few hundred captives a t a time. “ It is so base and so o u tra ­ geous tha t I think most people in the Arab world are very em ­ barrassed by this, and I think th a t’s certainly true of others around the w orld ,” Bush told re p o rte rs in K ennebunkport, Maine. The sum m it announcem en t indicates Moscow may be will­ ing to play a la rger role in re ­ solving the crisis caused by Iraq ’s invasion of Kuwait Aug. 2 . Progress also w as reported on an o th e r d ip lom atic fron t Saturday. Sources in Amman, Jordan , w here U.N. Secretary General Jav ier Perez de Cuellar and a senior Iraqi official m et, said the two men were discussing a plan designed to prevent a w ar b e tw e e n Ira q an d U nited States. The sources said the plan would c rea te an Arab peace­ keeping force to act as a buffer