UN Secretary General Ban: 'Any abrupt withdrawal or decision may lead to a further deterioration of the situation in Iraq'

Left: Worried relatives comb today through scraps of cloth gathered after yesterday's bombing in Kirkuk for any clue to the fate of missing relatives. More than 80 died in yesterday's coordinated car bombings.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday that an abrupt U.S. troop pullout could deepen the crisis in Iraq, and he urged the United States to keep the Iraqi people in mind when making decisions on the increasingly unpopular war...

“It is not my place to inject myself into this discussion taking place between the American people and the administration and Congress,” Ban told a news conference when asked about the U.N. view on a pullout. “However, I would like to tell you that great caution should be taken for the sake of the Iraqi people.”

“Any abrupt withdrawal or decision may lead to a further deterioration of the situation in Iraq,” Ban said.

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