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Russian, Czech citizens and diplomatic staff told to leave Iraq immediately
THE JERUSALEM POST ^ | Mar. 4, 2003 | THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF

Posted on 03/04/2003 2:58:19 PM PST by Mossad1967

About 600 Russian citizens living and working in Iraq are expected to leave the country in the next few days.

Last week, Russia recalled its non-essential diplomatic staff from Iraq.

The Czech Republic has told its citizens to leave Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan immediately due to the heightening tension in the gulf.


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Any day now!
1 posted on 03/04/2003 2:58:19 PM PST by Mossad1967
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To: Mossad1967
Again? yawn.
2 posted on 03/04/2003 2:59:57 PM PST by riri
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To: Mossad1967
Heightening tension?

Kinda sounds to me like the Russians and Czechs have been given advance warning.

They know something we don't.
3 posted on 03/04/2003 3:02:24 PM PST by PatriotGames (AOOHGA! AOOHGA! CLEAR THE BRIDGE! DIVE! DIVE! WHOOSH!)
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To: Mossad1967
Russian, Czech citizens and diplomatic staff told to leave Iraq immediately.............

Chinese Embassy workers are commanded to stay, of course, so your leaders can have something to bitch about when that J-Dam comes through the window.

4 posted on 03/04/2003 3:04:36 PM PST by DoctorMichael ("Pacifism.......is Pro-Fascist" ~~~~~George Orwell)
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To: Mossad1967
Irats.
5 posted on 03/04/2003 3:09:24 PM PST by js1138
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To: Mossad1967
Franks is still in Washington.
6 posted on 03/04/2003 3:19:26 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
The coin has been flipped. U.S. has the ball and Sadam is on defence. Just waiting for GW to say "play ball". Parley
7 posted on 03/04/2003 3:22:58 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Mossad1967
From today's Mobile Register:

More Area Guardsmen Called To Active Duty

Military Police. Post Saddam security?

8 posted on 03/04/2003 3:24:15 PM PST by blam
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To: Mossad1967
Any day now!

Here's a clue for you: Has the Japanese embassy in Baghdad been evacuated yet?

When that happens, that's it.

-archy-/-

9 posted on 03/04/2003 3:25:52 PM PST by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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When the UN inspectors suddenly leave Iraq without warning, that will be it. Except that you would want to wait at least a couple of days or more to make sure that the Iraqis were exhausted from expecting it any second.
10 posted on 03/04/2003 3:34:36 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: archy
why the japanese
11 posted on 03/04/2003 3:46:20 PM PST by knak (kelly in alaska)
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To: Mossad1967
We call this a clue..... yes?
12 posted on 03/04/2003 3:46:35 PM PST by MindBender26 (.....and for more news as it happens...stay tuned to your local FReeper station....)
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To: DoctorMichael
Chinese Embassy workers are commanded to stay, of course

They always stay. They're anxious to gain firsthand intel on US weapons technology (no pun intended).

In fact, I think it was reported that the two, young, Chinese, intelligence technicians we killed in Serbia were gathering data on our stealth aircraft verses the new detection technologies.

13 posted on 03/04/2003 3:51:22 PM PST by Amerigomag
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To: archy; knak
Here's a clue for you: Has the Japanese embassy in Baghdad been evacuated yet?

From the article you cited...

However, there are only 30 Japanese in Iraq, all of them in the capital of Baghdad. Most are members of media organizations and employees of Japanese trading houses. Japanese Embassy officials have already evacuated to Amman in Jordan.

Two senior embassy officials are shuttling between Amman and Baghdad for essential work.

The Foreign Ministry has advised the remaining Japanese to get out of Iraq, fearing the situation could rapidly get out of hand.

I'd have to trust knak's rationale considering the Japanese embassy's closed, the "inspectors" are still there, and we haven't done squat yet.
14 posted on 03/04/2003 3:51:31 PM PST by steveegg (The Surgeon General has determined that siding with Al-Qaeda is hazardous to your continued rule.)
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To: Dog Gone; knak; archy
Time for a quick ReWrite™:

I'd have to trust knak's Dog Gone's rationale....

Mea culpa maxima.

15 posted on 03/04/2003 3:54:15 PM PST by steveegg (The Surgeon General has determined that siding with Al-Qaeda is hazardous to your continued rule.)
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To: blam
Same story in the Montgomery Advertiser.
16 posted on 03/04/2003 4:01:22 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: steveegg
considering our tiny mistakes in libya and bosnia, i wouldn't want to even be near a french, german or russian embassy.
17 posted on 03/04/2003 4:01:22 PM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry. molon labe)
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To: steveegg
lol. not only did we accidently bomb the french embassy in libya (after they denied us flyover to hit libya -- no connection, i'm sure) i learned we also earlier bombed the french embassy in hanoi (after they dropped trou, ran, and left their weapons to the nva -- also no connection, i'm sure).
18 posted on 03/04/2003 4:12:24 PM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry. molon labe)
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To: glock rocks
considering our tiny mistakes in libya and bosnia, i wouldn't want to even be near a french, german or russian embassy.

Actually, considering either Israel's or our response to Iraq's inevitable use of WMDs, I woudln't want to be near Baghdad, much less a Frog, Kraut or Borscht embassy in Baghdad.

19 posted on 03/04/2003 4:12:25 PM PST by steveegg (The Surgeon General has determined that siding with Al-Qaeda is hazardous to your continued rule.)
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To: steveegg
it's all in the timing, bro.
20 posted on 03/04/2003 4:13:20 PM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry. molon labe)
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