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Article: Sri Lanka makes Middle East evacuation plans in case of Iraq war
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- AP Worldstream
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- January 30, 2003
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Dateline: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka said Thursday it was preparing to pull out thousands of
its nationals from the Middle East in the event war breaks out in
Iraq.
Nearly one million Sri Lankans work in the Middle East. They send
home millions of dollars and are a main source of foreign exchange
for the island.
"Our main worry is Kuwait," said Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene, minister
in charge of migrants' welfare. Some 170,000 Sri Lankans work in Kuwait.
"If Kuwait is involved in the war, we will have a big ...