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| Iraq |
| Chinese Embassy in Baghdad begins evacuation |
| 2003-03-17 |
| As a US-led war against Iraq appeared imminent, the Chinese Embassy in Baghdad today began evacuating its staff and Chinese reporters. Chinese Ambassador to Iraq, Zhang Weiqiu and other six Embassy officials began evacuating "amid a tense atmosphere of a looming war," the official Xinhua news agency reported. The evacuation also includes six Chinese correspondents — two from Xinhua, three from China Central Television and one from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. "Large numbers of foreign journalists" are also packing up," Xinhua said. China, in February itself, had asked its citizens to withdraw from Iraq and had evacuated non-essential Embassy staff. Gee, you'd think they were worried about being bombed, again. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Anon, The shredders are working overtime everywhere in Iraq right now. By the way, a plea: could the anons please color code themselves, or use numbers, or something so I know which anon is which? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-03-17 13:26:20 |
| #3 Who wants to bet that the shredders at the French embassy are working overtime right now? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-17 12:34:26 |
| #2 Hmmmm, maybe they should just send their address in to the CIA so no one is confused this time. Just hope we have a photo or video of the tanks Saddam parks next to the embassy as the JDAMs hit. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-03-17 11:40:16 |
| #1 I'm be more concerned if I were in the French embassy; a hit there might not be by accident. |
| Posted by: Mark Byron 2003-03-17 11:11:09 |