The Iraqi demand came as diplomats said some Westerners were being moved to potential military targets as human shields.

The diplomats, for example, are seen as being sympathetic to Iraqi demands for "dignified" searches.

In March 1925, an agreement was concluded that contained none of the Iraqi demands.

For the most part, the article said, the Westerners, including many Americans, have ignored Iraqi demands to assemble at designated hotels.

Turkey, he said, has rejected Iraqi demands to export the oil and stands firm against transferring money to Iraq.

But he also repeated Iraqi demands that a timetable be established for the end of sanctions, which Washington says is out of the question.

Iran today rejected Iraqi demands that the border between the two countries be redrawn under a peace agreement.

The Bush administration has agreed to an Iraqi demand for sovereignty before the country has a constitution and holds national elections.

Diplomats from several countries said their governments were looking into reports from their citizens about Iraqi demands.

That report led to Iraqi demands for laboratory studies outside the United States.