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Former Iraqi Envoy Won't Leave Beijing

NPR
Published July 22, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

The former Iraqi ambassador to China refuses to leave the embassy in Beijing, despite being recalled by the U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq. Mowaffaq Mahmoud Alani has threatened to kill anyone who tries to remove him. Hear Washington Post Beijing correspondent Philip Pan.

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