Siemens Pulls Its Contractors Out of Iraq
Thursday April 22, 2004 3:01 PM
By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - German engineering giant Siemens AG has pulled its employees out of Iraq because of security concerns, the Iraqi electricity minister said Thursday.
Ayham Al-Samarei said Siemens, which was helping rehabilitate Iraq's damaged and outdated power stations, was to finish its projects by May 15, and much of the work was complete. He said he expected the firm's employees to return within a week. If they did not, Iraqi engineers were capable of finishing the job, he said.
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