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.

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 …