UN cuts staff in Iraq - Democratic Underground

underpants

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Thu Sep-25-03 11:47 AM
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UN cuts staff in Iraq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3140184.stm

"Today there remain 42 in Baghdad and 44 in the north of the country, and those numbers can be expected to shrink over the next few days," said a spokesman for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

"This is not an evacuation, just a further downsizing, and the security situation in the country remains under constant review," he said.

Most heads of UN agencies were said to have supported the move.

Officials stressed the decision had been taken purely on security grounds, following the second bomb attack near the UN headquarters in Baghdad on Monday this week.

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lindashaw

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Thu Sep-25-03 12:43 PM
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1. I think this will make the White House bleed. This is serious.

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VolcanoJen

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Thu Sep-25-03 02:25 PM
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2. Dupe... locking

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