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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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Batton down the hatches, go into exile Saddam or here we come!
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:21:31 PM PST
by
ewing
To: All
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:22:14 PM PST
by
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(Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
To: ewing
Have you got an AP ticker right there beside your computer? :-)
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:27:22 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: ewing
Heard on Rush show today he goes on vacation January 27 thru Feb 9 he figures the war will begin sometime between their as the last time he was on vacation the gulf war started. LETS ROLL want to see a sky full of turbins NOW.
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:28:10 PM PST
by
goose1
To: Amelia; justshe; deport; Miss Marple; PhiKapMom; Travis McGee; Poohbah; Luis Gonzalez
FYI.
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:28:18 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: ewing
here we come
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:29:02 PM PST
by
The Wizard
(Demonrats are enemies of America)
To: The Wizard
Tick, tick, tick - TOCK !!
To: Howlin
I see an image of Dubya saying "On my signal, unleash Hell."
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:34:50 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Strategery is a beautiful thing :o)
To: Poohbah
Awwwriiight!
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:35:39 PM PST
by
livius
To: ewing
My memory is slipping. Did we do a similar evacuation of U.S. embassies in the ME before Desert Storm in 1991?
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:36:46 PM PST
by
xJones
To: Poohbah
Me, too.
BTW, the Dems LOST......the Senate will be split 60-40 funding............hahahaha!
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:37:43 PM PST
by
Howlin
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: ewing
A series sign of action pending.
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:40:33 PM PST
by
PatrioticAmerican
(Let's all pay our fair share...make the poor pay taxes! They pay nothing!)
To: All
Tick, tick, , the ticks are getting shorter. Soon, it will be tick,KABOOM!!!
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:40:54 PM PST
by
TexKat
To: Howlin
Not quite 66/33.
Heck, if I were Frist, I'd tell them that the baseline is 100/0, with their funding gradually increasing as the Democrats do what I want them to do.
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:40:57 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Strategery is a beautiful thing :o)
To: Howlin
Hey, want to see my impression of Todd? Here goes...
The Republican leadership is smart for following my grass roots suggestions...
GOP claims Senate 'coup' in offing
Posted by copycat to NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 01/14/2003 5:05 PM PST #42 of 349
The only reason the Dems let us keep our 50/50 funding in the last Congress was their GUILT at having stolen the majority away from the will of the people by subterfuge and betrayal.
I say offer them 60/40 and that's our final offer.
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copycat...Holding Republican Senators feet to the fire...
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:42:38 PM PST
by
copycat
(Arbeit macht frei.)
To: ewing
bump for the withdrawal of all embassadorial people...cut the light off and go home for good...let the eu support them
To: Bill Davis FR
Ollie North said Jan 20th on Greta's show last night. I said Feb,9 !!!
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posted on
01/15/2003 3:53:14 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( I am not gonna see Lord of the Rings Jhoffa !!!!!!)
To: goose1
Anywhere through February or early March looks likely..
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posted on
01/15/2003 4:00:24 PM PST
by
ewing
To: TexKat
Let the bodies hit the floor!
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posted on
01/15/2003 4:09:36 PM PST
by
enraged
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