Iraq evacuates nonessential workers, fortifies embassy ahead of US presidential inauguration
Iraq also asked the U.N. to set up a "no fly zone" over Washington, D.C.
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By W.E. Linde
WASHINGTON — The Iraqi government on Monday hastily evacuated all nonessential Iraqi personnel from a rapidly destabilizing United States as the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden approaches on Jan. 20. Additionally, engineers have been building fortifications at the Iraqi Embassy in anticipation of tensions once again erupting into …
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