Iraq Embassy

You Know It's Time to Leave Iraq When...

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home


Doug Bandow

Will Iraq "fail" if America leaves? Perhaps so, but there's no reason to believe that a continued U.S. presence can prevent failure.

Cost Of Embassy In Iraq To Rise

Washington Post | Ernesto LondoƱo | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


The cost of running the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is projected to rise in the coming years as the world's largest diplomatic mission weans itself from t...

Super-Embassies and How the United States Chooses Security Over Aid

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

Students of history must realize that building mega-embassies siphons aid away from areas that could potentially help stabilize Islamabad and the Middle East.

US Diplomats In Iraq Required To Carry Weapon At All Times, Even At The Pool

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work ...

Blackwater's Iraq Contract Renewed Despite Investigations

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Amid investigations into fatal shootings of civilians and allegations of tax violations, Blackwater USA's multimillion-dollar contr...

GOP Loyalist Says State Department Brought "Worst Of America" To Iraq

ABC News | Jonathan Karl | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a confidential memo, a long-time Republican operative who has served in the U.S. embassy in Baghad for the past year says the State Department's ef...