Expulsion of Six Staffers by Iraq Roils Meeting
Baghdad’s expulsion of six U.N. employees and British efforts to clamp down on Iraqi oil prices dominated a heated Security Council meeting in which Iraq accused the U.N. staffers of being spies.
Afterward, Benan Sevan, the director of the U.N. program that monitors the use of Iraqi oil profits for the purchase of humanitarian goods, denied the spying allegations.
Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Douri said there had been two additional expulsions, but Sevan’s office denied that claim.
Iraq expelled a Dutch national Aug. 31 and then informed Sevan that five other people were being thrown out over security leaks.
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