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| U.S. wants Iraqi at U.N. mission expelled |
| 2002-06-15 |
| The United States on Friday called for the expulsion of an Iraqi U.N. diplomat for "activities incompatible with his diplomatic status." Such language is diplomatic code for spying. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations delivered a note to Iraq's U.N. Mission asking the diplomat, whom it did not identify, to leave the United States by the end of the month. If he refuses to go, well-informed diplomatic sources said he would almost certainly be expelled. Diplomatic sources identified the Iraqi as Abdul Rahman I.K. Saad, a first secretary in the Iraqi mission who reportedly was trying to recruit Americans. He has been at the mission for less than a year and specialized in economic matters, the sources said on condition of anonymity. "Economic matters"? You mean handing out bribes and payoff money to spies and saboteurs? Maybe the occasional Ryder truck rental? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |