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To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3429)	12/23/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Iraq bans UN flights-Prakash Shah UN special envoy stranded in Iraq. Satish: Thanks for the URL. Here is an interesting situation on Iraq from The Financial Times London.Looks like one of our Desis got stranded over there,guess he will have to drive down to Jordan now probably,well no big deal. ===================================== Source:Financial Times,London By Our Summaries Staff Iraq on Wednesday banned all United Nations' civilian flights from landing in the country in the aftermath of US and UK airstrikes. Iraqi officials gave no explanation for the move which left Prakash Shah, UN special envoy, stranded in Baghdad as he tried to fly out on holiday. The decision came as UN relief workers resumed their humanitarian work in Iraq which was suspended during the US and UK missile and aircraft attacks on suspected military sites. Mr Shah was due to leave Habbaniya airport north-east of Baghdad on Wednesday but the UN flight sent to collect him was not allowed to land. The UN said he was forced to drive out to Amman, Jordan, and then fly on to an unnamed destination. UN relief workers said they were told all flights had been banned until further notice. In the past, the flights were regularly used by UN weapon inspectors and Mr Shah, the special representative in Baghdad of Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general. Baghdad on Wednesday restated its determination not to let weapons inspectors return to the country. A leading Iraqi newspaper also called on the UN to punish the US and the UK for their "military aggression" and order both countries to pay Iraq compensation. In the Iraqi press there were demands for the lifting of UN sanctions imposed on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The US/UK operation also came under fire from Scott Ritter, a former leading member of Unscom, the UN's weapon inspection team. He accused both countries of pressuring the existing Unscom team into carrying out "provocative" inspections to justify the airstrikes. Mr Ritter told BBC radio on Wednesday: "I believe that this inspection was rushed through, and the sites weren't chosen for disarmament reasons, but rather to be provocative in nature so Iraq would react in a predictable fashion." The UK and US airstrikes followed a report by Richard Butler, Unscom chief inspector, which claimed Iraq was not co-operating with weapons inspections. Yevgeny Primakov, Russian prime minister, on Wednesday said he would try to persuade the UK and the US to change their approach to the Iraq situation. He said any attack on a country which bypassed the UN security council set a bad precedent and was "a path towards instability".