Empire On The Run: Welcome To The U.S. Embassy In Baghdad -- Danger Room
Walking into the brand-new dining facility on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a handwritten sign with elaborately scrawled writing announces the day’s meetings like the greeting board at a hotel. Today’s function: HOSTAGE WORKING GROUP.
Opened in January of this year, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad stands as an ambiguous monument to American presence in Iraq. Two years ago, I wrote on Danger Room about plans for the budding U.S. fortress in Baghdad at a time when violence was near an all-time high and many were questioning why the United States was planning the world’s largest and most expensive embassy.
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