Earlier in the day, a planeload of U.N. weapons inspectors left Baghdad aboard a flight to Cyprus, joining the exodus of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners.

今天早些候，联合国武器核查人员乘坐飞机离开巴格达抵达路斯，之前已经有大批的外交官员，援助人员及其他外交人士抵达路斯。