UN Turns to U.S. Troops to Guard Its Staff in Iraq
Evelyn Leopold
Reuters
10.20.04

The United Nations no longer objects to American soldiers to guard its staff in Iraq after the search for separate contingents from around the world failed, diplomats and U.N. sources said on Wednesday.

A separate brigade was to have protected U.N. staff, especially before the planned January elections, when they left the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. Fijian troops will arrive next month to guard them in the Green Zone.

U.N. officials originally distanced themselves from American troops when traveling outside of Baghdad, believing their staff would become more of a target of the sporadic and growing violence in the country.