[jimbo123]

The State Department has announced that the following embassies and consulates will be closed this Sunday over security concerns:

U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Embassy Algiers, Algeria
U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan
U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt
U.S. Consulate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Djibouti
U.S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh
U.S. Embassy Doha, Qatar
U.S. Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Consulate Erbil, Iraq
U.S. Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan
U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan
U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait
U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain
U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman
U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, Mauritania
U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Sana’a, Yemen
U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Libya

[GeronL]

A bunch of Amish countries!

[txhurl]

Am I just missing seeing Israel on the list?

[rintense]

All in Amish country. Go figure.

[Sub-Driver]

Oddly, the Brits closed only one - Yemen.

[xkaydet65]

Anyone notice the absence of Pockeeestahn from the list?

[Jet Jaguar]

They forgot Pakistan...

[Future Snake Eater]

And they’re all in Muslim countries. I wonder if there’s a connection between Islam and crazy, violent people? Hmmm....

[Black Agnes]

Let’s see. There’s something those locations have in common...thinking...thinking...thinking...]

What could it possibly be???!