Editors' Blog Cmon guess. How many by Paul Kiel 06.19.07 | 7:02 pm C’mon, guess. How many of the 1,000 employees working in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad speak Arabic fluently? Update: This post originally said that the embassy has 200 U.S. employees — it actually has 1,000, 200 of whom are foreign service officers. Send Tips Paul Kiel is a former TPM reporter who covers covers business and consumer finance for ProPublica.