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Last British Charity in Iraq Ends Operations

HeadlineMar 02, 2007

Meanwhile, the last major British charity in Iraq has announced it’s pulled out its entire staff and ended its presence there. Save the Children UK had been in Iraq since the first Gulf War. The group says the security situation has made it impossible to continue operations. Save the Children says it can’t protect staff members nor reach the Iraqi children it wants to help.

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