From the Archives, 1990: Telecom workers return as Saddam threatens Australians
2020-08-19 00:00:00 - From: Iraq News
Peter Mifsud, 14, is reunited with his uncle.Credit:Steven Siewert
They are among the 150 family members of Telecom staff who were evacuated in a chartered jet from Saudi Arabia last week as the threat of an Iraqi invasion grew.
"It's a potentially dangerous situation but I think the Telecom workers are reasonably safe in Riyadh," said Mrs Deirdre Mifsud, of Merrylands, who was flown out with her two teenage children, Joanne and Peter.
"I don't know about the ones on the border, but I think my husband will be fine."
Mrs Mifsud, whose husband Charles is a 39-year-old Telecom consultant on a three-year contract in Riyadh, said she thought the corporation had made the right decision.
