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United States Government Withdraws All Non-Essential Staff from Middle Eastern Embassies
Middle East News Line ^
| January 15, 2003
| MENL Wire Staff
Posted on 01/15/2003 3:21:31 PM PST by ewing
The US has launched an effort to withdraw all non-essential Governmental personnel from the Middle East.
Officials said the effort is meant to avoid Arab or Islamic reprisals on US personnel over the next few months in the Persian Gulf and Middle East region.
They said US intelligence agencies have warned that Al Qaeda and Iraq could intensify attacks on US nationals to foil a potential Washington-led war coalition against Baghdad.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: embassies; government; middleeast; staff; us
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To: ewing
If United States strikes first, then on Feb 1 or Mar 2 or Apr 1.
If Iraq strikes first, then near Jan 18th (this Friday), or near Feb 15th (Full Moon).
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posted on
01/15/2003 4:16:23 PM PST
by
PokeyJoe
(Save an Iraqi, eat a pig.)
To: ewing
Stand by, she's fixin to blow!!!
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posted on
01/15/2003 4:32:22 PM PST
by
LaGrone
Comment #23 Removed by Moderator
To: Howlin
"the Senate will be split 60-40 funding."
Some more excellent news today on top of the administration weighing in on the Michigan case.
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posted on
01/15/2003 4:50:26 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: goose1
I go on vacation from the 24th-30th. I hope we do not go to war during that time, as I'll be out of the country, thus, out of the loop.
To: ewing
United States Government Withdraws All Non-Essential Staff from Middle Eastern Embassies
Typical Government response. If they're not essential, what the hell are they doing there in the first place!?
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posted on
01/15/2003 6:11:32 PM PST
by
rs79bm
To: Yehuda
synchronise watches... Hack! About two weeks, I'd reckon....
-archy-/-
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posted on
01/15/2003 6:35:15 PM PST
by
archy
To: goose1
Burning turbans.
To: sheik yerbouty
Think of it as turban renewal.
To: Slings and Arrows
ROFLMAO!
To: xJones
Los Angeles TimesDecember 20, 1990The State Department today added Sudan and Jordan to a list of six other Middle East and African countries where Americans connected to U.S. embassies are being ordered home or permitted to return voluntarily as a result of "unstable conditions" related to the Persian Gulf.
-- snip --
The decisions concerning the six other countries had been announced earlier. Those countries are Yemen, Mauritania, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia's Eastern province.
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posted on
01/15/2003 9:30:07 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Beware the second-hand smoking gun)
To: ewing
United States Government Withdraws All Non-Essential Staff from Middle Eastern EmbassiesIf they are "Non-Essential"....
Why are we wasting money having them there in the FIRST place????
'United States Government Withdraws All Non-Essential Staff from
Middle Eastern ALL AMERICAN Embassies'
SHOULD be the headline!!!
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posted on
01/16/2003 5:12:17 AM PST
by
Elsie
(I trust in Jesus... how about you??)
To: Trust but Verify
I go on vacation from the 24th-30th. I hope we do not go to war during that timeI cancelled my air tix for the 24th to 10th a few weeks ago, as I do not want to be flying anywhere near the Middle East or Central Asia during the next couple months.
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posted on
01/16/2003 5:54:00 AM PST
by
angkor
To: Elsie
If they are "Non-Essential"....Adminstrative (e.g. secretaries), USAID, etc.
Intel, military, security, and senior diplomatic staff usually stay put.
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01/16/2003 5:57:47 AM PST
by
angkor
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