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Red Cross And U.N. Reduce Staff in Iraq

HeadlineOct 30, 2003

Citing security concerns in Iraq, the United Nations has decided to withdraw its entire remaining international staff of 15 from Iraq and the Red Cross has announced they too are scaling back their presence. Both have been the target of bombings in the past two months. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the UN pullout which came despite protests from the Bush administration. The aid group Doctors Without Borders also announced a partial pullout yesterday.

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