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IRAQI DIPLOMATS HAVE NO MISSION STATEMENT
New York Post ^ | 5/12/03 | IKIMULISA SOCKWELL-MASON

Posted on 05/12/2003 2:05:45 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:13:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

May 12, 2003 -- The men staffing the Iraqi Mission in Manhattan are working without a plan - or a leader - and there's no one to call for instructions even if the phones are working in Baghdad.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and the sudden departure of Ambassador Mohammed al Douri from the East 79th Street offices, the suited men in the four-story building are sitting around waiting to serve the people of Iraq.


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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmad; aldouri; postwariraq

1 posted on 05/12/2003 2:05:45 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I used to walk by this building on E. 79th regularly. Big, looming picture of Saddam in the front entry.

Apparently, smoking inside was forbidden.

Always a bunch of men hanging out front, smoking.

2 posted on 05/12/2003 3:25:48 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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