Posted on 08/10/2014 2:01:20 PM PDT by PghBaldy
WASHINGTONFollowing a dozen airstrikes from the U.S. military in Northern Iraq this weekend, the U.S. State Department on Sunday relocated "a limited number" of staff from the American embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. consulate in Erbil.
The staff from the embassy in Baghdad and the consulate in Erbil will be transferred to the U.S. consulate in Basrah, Iraq and to Amman, Jordan. The State Department also issued a travel warning for Iraq, cautioning U.S. citizens against nonessential travel to the country, citing the security situation. The U.S. embassy's ability to assist U.S. citizens is limited, the State Department said.
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Well we can stop the air strikes now????????
I believe the airstrikes will continue for the next two weeks ... during the vacation ...
If it was a republican president, the press would call it a withdrawal or evacuation.
Close the damn embassy. There’s no use for it. How stupid!!
The U.S. GOVERNMENT’s ability to assist U.S. citizens is limited, the State Department said.
Unless of course you want to open a lemonade stand...
Close the damn embassy. Theres no use for it. How stupid!!
Within 6 months it will probably be a Mosque.
there goes his first-stated reason for the airstrikes. he insisted they were defensive, and intended to protect American embassy personnel in erbil, or gerbil, or where the hell ever
Sit down as I tell you this. We spent 750 million dollars building the embassy. Look it up.
They need to get their visas renewed to come over here and steal our technology and spread their virus while Europeans are left hanging.
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