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US orders diplomats out of Lebanon
[Dawn] The State Department on Friday ordered nonessential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the US Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon immediately due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military strikes on neighboring Syria.This would likely be in response to Iranian threats to rape and murder Americans. The department also authorised the voluntary departure of diplomats and families at the US Consulate in Adana, Turkey, which is the closest American diplomatic post to Syria in Turkey. In a new travel warning for Lebanon, the department said it had instructed nonessential staffers to leave Beirut and urged private American citizens to depart the country "due to threats to US mission facilities and personnel." Posted by: Fred 2013-09-07 |
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