Article: United Nations orders some employees out of Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: William Douglas

UNITED NATIONS _ In a blow to President Bush's effort to get more worldwide help in stabilizing Iraq, the United Nations on Thursday ordered the withdrawal of some of its international staffers from Iraq out of fear for their safety.

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan made the decision in the wake of Monday's suicide bomb attack on the United Nations' headquarters in Baghdad that killed one Iraqi police officer and injured 19 U.N. workers. A bombing at the compound on Aug. 19 left 22 people dead, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the head of the U.N. Mission in Iraq and a close friend of Annan.

"The secretary general, on ...

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