U.S. Opens New $592M Embassy in Iraq

[babylonsister]

Yay, US. :eyes:


U.S. Opens New Embassy in Iraq

By REUTERS
Published: January 5, 2009


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.

In recent weeks U.S. diplomats have gradually moved into the $592 million newly built compound, the world's largest U.S. embassy, leaving behind a sprawling palace they had inhabited since toppling Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003.

U.S. officials had ruled Iraq directly from the palace for a year after taking Baghdad, and their continued presence there was seen by many Iraqis as a symbol of occupation.

The opening of the new embassy is in line with a change of power that was effected on New Year's Day, when U.S. forces in Iraq officially came under an Iraqi mandate.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/01/05/world/international-us-iraq-usa-embassy.html?_r=1&ref=world

[Solly Mack]

1. Something new to bomb

[blogslut]

2. And it looks like a prison

[Earth_First]

3. It's a dual-use facility

It was planned that way.

Trust them; they know what they're doing.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. Just in time

for W to say once again "Mission Accomplished."

A symbol of occupation they say? Now, how could the Iraqi's ever come to that conclusion? :eyes: