BAGHDAD: Mercy Malaysia always keeps its cars in reverse in the garage and the vehicles have almost full tanks at the end of each day in case things get ugly and the team has to make a quick exit.
These are not idle precautions as a number of humanitarian and aid organisations such as International Committee of the Red Cross, Care and the United Nations have been hit by bombs, grenades and rockets by so-called Iraqi resistance groups.
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