U.N. FEARS ITS WORKERS MAY BECOME TARGETS (GUERRE EN IRAK)

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Résumé :	The United Nations is 'concerned', U.N. Coordinator for Iraq Ramiro Lopes Da Silva told reporters Monday, because 'we may be targeted one day'. 'The situation (in Iraq) is not fully under control.' Since the United States is currently the occupying power in Iraq, the United Nations says that U.S. military forces are primarily responsible for security inside the war-devastated country. But Washington has been more pre-occupied with the growing number of attacks on its troops. According to published reports, about 91 U.S. soldiers have been killed since the ouster of the Saddam Hussein regime in early April. Additionally, about 102 American soldiers were killed during the fighting in March and April, for a total of 193. In June alone, U.S. troops have been killed by guerrilla attacks at the rate of about one per day. Da Silva complained that the 'lack of security' has continued to inhibit the work of U.N. humanitarian workers in Iraq. But this insecurity is now being aggravated by fears that the Iraqis may also turn their anger on the United Nations, whose 12 years of sanctions against Saddam's regime caused immense suffering to citizens. The sanctions were lifted by the U.N. Security Council only last month. Da Silva said U.N. workers still faced 'severe restrictions' on their movements inside the country. 'We have parts of the country where U.N. staff cannot operate. I am afraid it is going to remain so for a while'. Asked if humanitarian workers were being viewed as part of the UK-U.S. coalition, Da Silva said, 'The concern exists'. The United Nations has also suffered heavy casualties in Afghanistan, where humanitarian workers -- some of them working for de-mining agencies -- have been kidnapped and killed by remnants of the Taliban, which was ousted from power following U.S. military strikes in October 2001. Since the fall of Baghdad in April, Iraq is being governed by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), administered by the United States in its capacity as the occupying power.
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