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Article: U.N. relief workers head back to Iraq
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- December 23, 1998
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LEON BARKHO Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-23-1998
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Some 120 U.N. relief workers traveled to the Iraqi capital Tuesday, five days after taking refuge in Jordan during U.S.-British airstrikes.
Iraq, meanwhile, accused American and British warplanes of firing two missiles toward the southern city of Basra on Tuesday, saying the renewed aggression was part of a policy ``to harm Iraq.'' The Pentagon and the British Defense Ministry denied firing any missiles.
And on Wednesday, Iraq ordered the United Nations to cancel a scheduled flight of U.N. military observers to Baghdad, a U.N. official said on condition of anonymity. Iraq offered no explanation for its ...