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| UN Withdraws Civilian Staff from Iraq-Kuwait Border |
| 2003-03-08 |
| U.N. military observers on the Iraq-Kuwait border said on Saturday they were withdrawing civilian staff to Kuwait city for their own safety in view of a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. Tick Tick Tick "We are doing this as a protective measure for their safety in view of the situation," said Daljeet Bagga, spokesman of the U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM). He told Reuters that UNIKOM had begun removing on Saturday some of its 230 civilian U.N. staff from their residential quarters in the demilitarized zone that runs the length of the 130 miles land border. Shook up by the Marines cutting the fence, huh? He said more of them would go on Sunday. He said UNIKOM's 195 observers and its 775-strong Bangladeshi military support units would stay in place. Hopefully they'll get the word on safe gaps to avoid the blitz |
| Posted by:Frank G |