New U.S. Embassy in Iraq cloaked in mystery

[Chrystalwuzhere]

Baghdad locale, slated to be completed in 2007, to be largest of its kind

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Updated: 5:45 p.m. ET April 14, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The fortress-like compound rising beside the Tigris River here will be the largest of its kind in the world, the size of Vatican City, with the population of a small town, its own defense force, self-contained power and water, and a precarious perch at the heart of Iraq’s turbulent future.

The new U.S. Embassy also seems as cloaked in secrecy as the ministate in Rome.
“We can’t talk about it. Security reasons,” Roberta Rossi, a spokeswoman at the current embassy, said when asked for information about the project.

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[CoreIssue]

Now what are we getting into?

[Chrystalwuzhere]

Makes one wonder, doesn't it? It is very interesting, to say the least. And, I thought we were supposed to be training the Iraqis to govern themselves, and then get out of that country. So, I ask you....why build this? I mean, an embassy, I understand. But this thing is hardly just an embassy. This is a monster! So...what gives?

[CoreIssue]

Well, I have to take care how I phrase this.

Just let it go with I suspect it is security central for keeping an eye on situations in that area of the world.

[Chrystalwuzhere]

Yeah.

Makes me wonder if the U.S. is planning to have a permanent role in things over there. I don't know any other way to justify this.

[CoreIssue]

There is a lot more going on over there than has been said.

I firmly believe there are WMD's. And they were dispersed to at least one other country, if not two or three.

That embassy is going to be a big source of big issues in the future.