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Poisoned Chalice: The UN in Iraq
Poisoned Chalice: The UN in Iraq. On 19 August 2003 Francis Mead was working as a freelance journalist in Baghdad, reporting on the humanitarian situation with the help of the UN. He was sitting in the UN’s Baghdad headquarters when a suicide truck bomb smashed into the building. He survived unhurt, but 22 others, including…