UK Citizens Told to Leave Iraq

World | February 19, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

British citizens are being advised by the Foreign Office to leave Iraq immediately because of the stand-off with Saddam Hussein, BBC reported. In new advice issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Office points to "increasing regional tension and the risk of terrorist action" and suggests Britons could be used as human shields by Iraq. In separate advice, British citizens are also being told to leave neighbouring Kuwait unless their presence there is essential. And they are advised also to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories. Anybody in the West Bank and Gaza should leave the area, says the Foreign Office.

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