The Kurdish minority has been cozying up to the Iranians and given the traditional hatred between the Iranians and the Iraqis, maybe Saddam Hussein sees this as a threat to his dominance of the Kurdish area north of the 36th Parallel.
Bind together your spare hours by the cord of some definite purpose.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.