nothing ... but it has a lot to do with more US tax dollars wasted on the middle east by warmongering neocons and zionists.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:35:14 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > What does this have to do with kissing American Patriots? > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:30 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> The *Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad* is the diplomatic >> mission <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission> of United >> States of America <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> in >> theRepublic >> of Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq>. At 104 acres (42 ha), it is >> the largest and most expensive embassy in the world, and is nearly as large >> asVatican City <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City>.[1] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-1> >> Ambassador Robert S. Beecroft >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Beecroft> is currently the Chief >> of Mission <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_Mission>. >> >> The embassy complex employs 15,000 people and cost $750 million to build. >> The Embassy opened in January 2009 following a series of construction >> delays. It replaced the previous embassy, which opened July 1, 2004 in >> Baghdad's Green Zone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Zone> in a former >> Palace <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Palace> of Saddam Hussein >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein>.[2] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BBC1-2> >> >> The embassy is a permanent structure which has provided a new base for >> the 5,500 Americans currently living and working in Baghdad. During >> construction, the US government kept many aspects of the project under >> wraps, with many details released only in a U.S. Senate >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate>Foreign Relations Committee >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations> >> report.[8] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-MSNBC-cloaked-8> >> Apart >> from the 1,000 regular employees, up to 3,000 additional staff members have >> been hired, including security personnel. >> >> With construction beginning in mid-2005, the original target completion >> date was September 2007. "A week after submitting his FY2006 budget to >> Congress, the President sent Congress an FY2005 emergency supplemental >> funding request. Included in the supplemental is more than $1.3 billion for >> the embassy in Iraq ..." An emergency supplemental appropriation (H.R. >> 1268/P.L. 109-13), which included $592 million for embassy construction, >> was signed into law on May 11, 2005. According to the Department of State, >> this funding was all that was needed for construction of the U.S. Embassy >> in Baghdad.[9] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-CRS2-9> >> However, >> Walter Pincus of the Washington Post found that the new embassy had cost >> more than $700 million by 2012,[10] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-Pincus-10> >> and >> Business Insider reported in 2013 that the cost of the embassy had >> surpassed $750 million.[11] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BI1-11> >> The >> Obama administration requested more than $100 million for a "massive" >> upgrade to the embassy compound in 2012.[12] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BI2-12> >> As >> of 2006, construction was being led by the Kuwaiti >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait> firm First Kuwaiti Trading & >> Contracting >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kuwaiti_Trading_%26_Contracting>,[13] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-USA_TODAY-13> >> [14] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-14> >> [15] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-CorpWatch-15> >> >> The embassy has extensive housing and infrastructure >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure> facilities in addition to >> the usual diplomatic buildings. The buildings include:[8] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-MSNBC-cloaked-8> >> >> - Six apartment buildings for employees >> - Water and waste treatment facilities >> - A power station >> - Two "major diplomatic office buildings" >> - Recreation, including a gym, cinema, several tennis courts and an >> Olympic-size >> swimming pool >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool> >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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