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British charity pulls foreign workers out of Iraq

IRNA

2003/08/26

London, Aug 26, IRNA -- Oxfam has withdrawn its international workers 
from Iraq due to increasing insecurity problems, the British charity 
announced Tuesday. 
Spokesman for the charity, Brendan Cox said that a number of 
staff, including Britons, left for Jordan on Monday, but added that 
Iraqi workers were remaining. 
Oxfam`s decision follows the International Committee of the Red 
Cross to pull its volunteers out of the Iraqi capital in the wake of 
the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad last week. 
The British charity said that it was responding to the broader 
insecurity problem inside the country rather than to one particular 
event. 
The continuing lack of security has forced British Airways in 
resuming passenger flights to Basra despite being given clearance by 
the Anglo-American Coalition Provisional Authority. 
A spokeswoman for British Airways told IRNA Tuesday that it was 
concentrating its efforts on improving the infrastructure and 
transport facilities around Basra airport but was still hoping to 
resume flight `as soon as its safety requirements were met`. 
Polish carrier LOT was also reported to have cancelled its new 
scheduled service to Basra that was planned to start on Wednesday due 
to fear over security. 
HC/AH/210 
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