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To: Yaacov who wrote (19602)	3/17/2003 10:45:44 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 23908

Just out of curiousity: Where have I been impolite?

To: Yaacov who wrote (19602)	3/17/2003 5:43:09 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 23908

Fearing War, Westerners Exit Kuwait Monday March 17, 2003 10:00 PM KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Americans, Britons and other Westerners filled planes flying out of Kuwait on Monday, responding to their governments' warnings and fears of chemical and terrorist attacks as a war with Iraq raced nearer. On the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border, the United Nations all but abandoned the 120-mile frontier, leaving only a small group of Bangladeshi peacekeepers in armored vehicles between the U.S. and British armies and the Iraqi unknown. ``I think this time, it's going to happen,'' said Fred Skovberg, a Canadian who was among crowds of Westerners at Kuwait's international airport. Several Western nations and Japan put out security warnings Monday for their diplomats and citizens in Mideast countries, ranging from embassy evacuations to recommendations of cautious behavior. In Kuwait, U.S. and British diplomats called on their nationals to leave immediately - warning that Kuwait's airport and airspace could close to civilians if fighting starts. ``It's a good time now for people to take advantage of the fact that airspace is currently open to get out,'' U.S. Embassy spokesman John Moran said. ``What we would like is for people to take that advice - as I say, the word is 'urgently,''' said a spokesman for the British Embassy. The British Embassy was talking to British Airways about laying on extra flights to speed the exodus of 3,000 to 3,500 Britons, Australians, Canadians and others. The fast-moving events of Sunday - with President Bush warning only a day remained for diplomacy to avert war - had raised apprehensions. ``I started throwing everything into my suitcase this afternoon. After we listened to the news last night on TV, we suspected this was coming,'' said Liz Stevens, of Prince George, British Columbia, a teacher at Kuwait's American Creative Academy. So many Americans and Britons are leaving Saudia Arabia ``it has become difficult to find a single vacant seat on most flights,'' said Said al-Moussa, a marketing manager at a travel agency in Riyadh. Companies in Saudi Arabia have advised families of their foreign workers to leave the country, and schools near the Iraqi border in Tabuk, Araar and al-Qaryat will be closed by week's end. The Araar and Tabuk airports already are closed to civilian traffic. guardian.co.uk