S.Korean Electric Workers to Leave Iraq

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S.Korean Electric Workers to Leave Iraq: South Korean Co. Decides to Withdraw 60 Workers Restoring Electricity in Iraq After Attack

The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea Dec. 8 — A South Korean company said Monday it has decided to withdraw its 60 workers restoring electricity lines in Iraq, after a gun attack killed two of its electricians working for the U.S. government project.

Workers for Seoul's Omu Electric Co. have been building transmission towers in northern Iraq since October under a contract with Washington Group International, an engineering and construction company based in Boise, Idaho.

Unidentified gunmen killed two Omu electricians and injured two others in an ambush near Tikrit, the home town of Saddam Hussein, on Nov. 30.

After the attack, Washington Group said it had suspended the project, part of the $110 million contract it won from the U.S. federal government earlier this fall to rebuild Iraq's power infrastructure.

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