State Dept Orders All Non-Essential Embassy Staffers In Iraq To Leave Country

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The State Department ordered all non-essential and non-government employees of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq to leave the country immediately, The Associated Press reported.

The order was announced on the embassy’s website, according to the AP, and comes just as officials warned last week that new threats from Iran were emerging. Officials in Washington, D.C. warned that the threats targeted “Americans and American interests,” in the AP’s words.

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  1. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    Here we go! The Mother of All Distractions! This time with a BOOM!

  2. Meanwhile, Trump is strapped into the back seat of the car, flailing to climb over to the front and wrest control of the wheel from Bolton, et al.

  3. Avatar for pol pol says:

    Ri-i-ght …

  4. Avatar for shmoo shmoo says:

    … Is this connected to Bolton and Pompeos sabre rattling re Iran that has gone into hyperdrive this wk? Is the dog wagging its own tail or is agent orange eagerr for some obfuscation?

  5. All of the above.

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