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UN Staff Leaving Iraq Following Bombings

HeadlineSep 30, 2003

The BBC reports the number of foreign United Nations employees in Iraq has dropped to just 50 following the August 19 car bombing at the UN headquarters that killed 22. Much of the UN work now is being carried out by Iraqi employees of the UN.

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