State Department Iraq

U.S. Helped Western Companies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil

NY Times | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and fiv...

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US Embassy Personnel In Baghdad Told Not To Leave 'Reinforced Structures' Due To Incoming Insurgent Fire

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — The State Department has instructed all personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad not to leave reinforced structures due to incoming...

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Diplomatic Security

Bob Franken | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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Bob Franken

Instead of sending the resisters kicking and screaming to a Baghdad posting, fill in the gaps for needed diplomats with people from Blackwater.

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U.S. Diplomats In Baghdad Plead: Come Work In Iraq

AFP | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

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Diplomats at the American embassy in Baghdad on Monday pleaded to their state department colleagues back home to come to work in Iraq -- a posting see...

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