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    What’s happening with the diplomats and contractors in Iraq?

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    What’s happening with the diplomats and contractors in Iraq? Empty What’s happening with the diplomats and contractors in Iraq?

    Post by chouchou Fri 13 Jun 2014, 12:38 pm

    U.S. diplomatic offices in Iraq were operating as usual as of Thursday, but American contractors began evacuating their employees from the Baghdad region as insurgent fighters threatened to advance on the capital after capturing key cities in the North.

    The State Department [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that American contractors are “being temporarily relocated by their companies due to security concerns in the area.” But spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that “the status of the staffing at the U.S. Embassy and consulates has not changed.”

    The U.S. has kept its diplomatic mission in Iraq open for the past few years despite growing violence and increasing signs that the government cannot control the unrest.


    [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] from the State Department’s inspector general said the diplomatic mission there is a test bed for “a new approach to U.S. overseas presence, often called expeditionary diplomacy,” which requires “an unprecedented level of security and life support.”



    U.S. personnel in Iraq largely consist of diplomats and embassy staff, as well as private security personnel and military advisers to the Iraqi government, according to an [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

    The State Department said in January that it had about 5,500 contractors, including 2,000 U.S. citizens, working at the Embassy in Baghdad, according to a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

    Roughly 200 U.S. Marines and private security contractors guard the embassy, according to a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

    Pentagon officials have said that about 250 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, with about half of them being Marine Corps security guards for the embassy. Many of the others are there to advise the Iraqi military.

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