"UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A chilling report of the August bombing of U.N. offices in Iraq says some lives might have been saved if a 'dysfunctional' and 'sloppy' U.N. security system had heeded advance warnings and followed its own rules."
The UN poobahs were nervous about being associated with the U.S. forces, so they demanded that the U.S. remove their tanks and road obstacles, and dismantle an observation post on the roof of the Canal Hotel, where their headquarters was located.
Shortly after these things were done, against the advice of the U.S. authorities in Iraq, the UN headquarters in Bagdhad was attacked by a truck bomb, killing 22 people.
Sometimes stupidity is its own reward.
Posted on October 22, 2003 12:25 PM