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U.S. prepares to order departure of all nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy, officials say

The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. The ...
KTLA

US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is ...
Quincy Herald-Whig

Baghdad embassy U.S. fortress will provide security but complicate diplomatic efforts

IN SEPTEMBER, the world's largest, most expensive and most heavily fortified embassy will open. The United States embassy in Baghdad will occupy 104 acres of prime real estate between two major ...
NBC News

Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm

Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire. Online videos showed ...
CNN

Protesters break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning

Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden. The protests in the Iraqi capital were ordered by the ...