US Embassy Opens In Iraq

by on 06. Jan, 2009 in war

Do we finally get the extra army pieces on each turn?
I saw video of this “ceremony” last night and was thoroughly freaked out.

US Embassy

The Associated Press
BAGHDAD – The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone – and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.DIPLOMATIC FORTRESS

HADI MIZBAN/The Associated Press
The U.S.’ new embassy in Iraq is in Baghdad’s Green Zone and is the United States’ largest.
The adobe-colored buildings that cost $700 million sit on a 104-acre site and have space for 1,000 employees – more than 10 times the size of any other American Embassy in the world.

2 Responses to “US Embassy Opens In Iraq”

  1. Beetlejuice 06. Jan, 2009 at 12:18 pm #

    We’re still in Japan,Germany,France,Korea, etc etc

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  2. jacob 06. Jan, 2009 at 4:00 pm #

    yeah, but not (and never) in this great a capacity.

    the embassy will be the one thing they actually pulled off pretty successfully in Iraq. i can’t think of any other plausible reason why we invaded that country other than to build this structure there…

    WMD? spreading democracy? fighting terrorism? building a huge f-you fortress to squat in for the next 100 years? no, no, no, yes.

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