U.N. to Further Reduce Staff in Iraq (90% are leaving)

NNN0LHI

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:25 PM
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U.N. to Further Reduce Staff in Iraq (90% are leaving)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20030830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq_security

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations will drastically reduce its remaining international staff in Iraq because of security concerns following the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and continuing violence, U.N. officials said Friday.

There are currently about 400 international staff members in the country, including about 110 in Baghdad. U.N. officials want to cut the number by nearly 90 percent to a ceiling of 40 to 50 essential international staffers, the U.N. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan ordered a reassessment of security after the Aug. 19 bombing that killed 22 people, including the U.N.'s top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, and injured 164 others.

At the time of the bombing, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said there were about 300 international staff in Baghdad and another 300 elsewhere in Iraq. The United Nations evacuated injured staff, and ordered others to move their operations to Amman, Jordan.

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hadrons

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:29 PM
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1. Bush: "hey, come on back y'all!!!!"

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Gloria

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:31 PM
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2. A rousing vote of confidence for the US effort in Iraq....

(sarcasm off) How many of the people will see what this means?

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bobthedrummer

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:37 PM
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3. Many of us knew before the war what would happen

millions of US were in the streets along with millions of others worldwide-this isn't Vietnam indeed!

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Cha

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Fri Aug-29-03 10:06 PM
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6. Yes! The Power of The People was rising up that Day we

all took to the streets! It's a day that will go down in History as
one of those most prophetic day's on record that was ultimately ignored by those in charge!

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prolesunited

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Sat Aug-30-03 07:58 AM
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9. Power to the People, indeed

Here's a video montage of images from around the world set to that song
http://homepage.mac.com/prolesunited/iMovieTheater5.html

To me, looking back is bittersweet. It was the first time I think people around the world recognized their strength, but I wish our leaders actually had listened to us.

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NNN0LHI

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:39 PM
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4. I wonder how many people know that these UN workers have been...

...working in Iraq for ten years before Bush invaded? Not many I bet you.

Don

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DoYouEverWonder

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:44 PM
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5. Not a good sign

Folks like the UN don't leave unless things are really, really bad. I would say this pullout is another good indication that civil war is about to break.

1000's of Shiites are heading to Najaf as we speak and the UN decides to pull out on the same day. They know better than we do how bad it really is there.

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SodoffBush

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Sat Aug-30-03 12:32 AM
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7. Kofi had originally said the UN would not be leaving

When you remove 90 percent of your staff, that sounds like an evacuation to me.

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0007

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Sat Aug-30-03 07:16 AM
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8. This is not a good sign

is it?

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LivingInTheBubble

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Sat Aug-30-03 08:21 AM
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10. Hey you actually made a post

Instead of just bumping almost every thread.
It ceases to be LBN when you keep bumping everything.

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