U.S. Diplomatic Staff Are Starting To Leave Iraq

U.S. Relocates Some Staff From Embassy, Consulate In Iraq -- NBC

The U.S. has removed some staff from its embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region threatened by militants, the State Department said Sunday. A travel warning posted Friday cautioning U.S. citizens from travelling to Iraq due to the "high risk for kidnapping and terrorist violence" was updated to say that "a limited number" of U.S. Consulate and U.S. Embassy staff members were relocated to Amman, the capital of Jordan, and Basrah, a southern Iraqi city.



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Update #1: U.S. removes some staff from consulate in northern Iraq -- Reuters

Update #2: US evacuates consulate staff from Iraq -- Sky News



My Comment: When U.S. diplomats start to leave/flee a country .... that is when you know that everything is about to go to hell.