http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3982689.stm
MSF aid agency ends work in Iraq
MSF has been present in some of Iraq's most dangerous hotspots
The aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders) says it is pulling out of Iraq because of "escalating violence".
MSF said it had become impossible "to guarantee an acceptable level of security for our staff, be they foreign or Iraqi".
Several aid workers have been kidnapped in Iraq - including Margaret Hassan of Care International, who is still being held by her captors. Care has stopped its operations in Iraq and appealed for Mrs Hassan's release. MSF has 90 Iraqi staff. Its foreign workers left Iraq a month ago for Jordan.
These guys are usually one of the first organization to come in crisis regions and the last to leave...
MSF aid agency ends work in Iraq
The aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders) says it is pulling out of Iraq because of "escalating violence".
MSF said it had become impossible "to guarantee an acceptable level of security for our staff, be they foreign or Iraqi".
Several aid workers have been kidnapped in Iraq - including Margaret Hassan of Care International, who is still being held by her captors. Care has stopped its operations in Iraq and appealed for Mrs Hassan's release. MSF has 90 Iraqi staff. Its foreign workers left Iraq a month ago for Jordan.
These guys are usually one of the first organization to come in crisis regions and the last to leave...
