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Article: U.N. withdraws inspectors, relief workers from Iraq
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- November 12, 1998
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EILEEN ALT POWELL Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-12-1998
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Convoys of buses evacuated all U.N. weapons inspectors and many humanitarian workers from Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears that a military strike by the United States and Britain was imminent.
Iraq showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with the arms inspectors, and 40 more U.N. relief workers were evacuated Thursday morning. In two days, 170 humanitarian workers have been sent to the Jordanian capital of Amman. All 103 U.N. weapons inspectors were taken out by air on Wednesday to Bahrain in the Gulf.
Iraqis appeared to be taking the situation in stride, and there was little ...