Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- > > > > >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From: "Voices uk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: UN agencies based in Jordan brace for eventual hits on Iraq > >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:20:58 +0100 > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 > >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >UN agencies based in Jordan brace for eventual hits on Iraq > > > > AMMAN, Sept 19 (AFP) - United Nations agencies based in > >Jordan are > > reviewing contingency plans in the event of strikes on Iraq > >following the > > September 11 terror attacks in the United States, officials said > >Wednesday. > > > > "We have received 'secret' instructions from our offices in New > >York to > > start preparations within our emergency plans in the event of a > >US strike on > > Iraq," a UN agency official told AFP on condition of anonymity. > > > > "Frantic steps to stock up on supplies, namely food," started > >four days > > ago, the official said. > > > > Meanwhile the representative of the UN High Commissioner for > >Refugees > > (UNHCR) in Amman, Dario Carminati, said his agency has > >taken "precautionary > > measures in any event of the crisis reaching the region". > > > > "We are reviewing inventory and our contingency plans," > >Carminati said. > > > > According to the UN official the UNHCR, which has an office in > >Baghdad, is > > stocking up on food and water mainly and taking steps to > >prepare for fallout > > from an eventual attack on Iraq, including the displacement of > >civilians. > > > > "Different scenarios are being envisaged at the (Iraqi > >international) > > borders and inside Iraq," Carminati said. > > > > "Normally in our contingency plan, we expect people to move > >more to Turkey > > and Iran, in case of the closing of borders, and less to Jordan," > >he said. > > > > "Very few Iraqi refugees come to Jordan," he said, adding > >however that > > nationals from other countries living in Iraq moved to Jordan in > >the wake of > > the 1991 Gulf war. > > > > A US government source said Tuesday that the Central > >Intelligence Agency > > was checking reports that a hijacker of one of the airliners that > >crashed into > > New York's World Trade Center on September 11 had met a > >senior Iraqi > > intelligence official prior to the terror attacks. > > > > "There is an indication that such a meeting occurred earlier this > >year in > > Europe," said the source. > > > > But the CIA was not certain the meeting "had anything to do with > >Tuesday's > > events," the source added. > > > > US Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday the United States > >had no evidence > > about Baghdad's involvement in the plot. > > > > Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri denied in an interview > >published > > Wednesday that Baghdad had any role "near or far" in the US > >terror attacks. > > > > > >-- > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > >For removal from list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings. > > >Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions - Ireland >Website: http://www.endiraqsanctions.net; >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
