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| Iraq |
| U.N. observers stop Iraq-Kuwait border operations |
| 2003-03-17 |
| U.N. observers monitoring the Iraq-Kuwait border said on Monday that they had stopped all operations in the demilitarised zone amid U.S. preparations for an attack on Iraq. "Effective today, we have ceased all operations under... our security plan," Daljeet Bagga, spokesman of the U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM), told Reuters. "We are still here in the DMZ (demilitarised zone) but we have ceased operations and are awaiting further instruction," he said. "Sarge, when do we bug-out?" "Yesterday. Now shaddup and strap that gear down." UNIKOM, set up after the 1991 Gulf War, last week began withdrawing civilian and military staff from the DMZ straddling the 200-km (120-mile) desert frontier, which U.S. forces would have to cross in any invasion of Iraq. Tick, tick, tick ... |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 You will have to admit that it was very considerate of our allied forces to put gates on the fences instead of running them down with some M1A1s. Good luck and good hunting, guys. Come home safe. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-17 08:43:55 |
| #1 "We're comin' through! Get the HELL out of our way!" UN Observers have run away from military forces before. This is probably the one mission out of several hundred (thousand?) where the retreat of the blue helmets can actually be ascribed to prudence instead of cowardace... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-17 04:52:18 |