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  • July 2008

    • US Closer to Establishing Diplomatic Outpost in Iran

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 17, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      US Closer to Establishing Diplomatic Outpost in Iran

      (Newser) - The Bush administration is moving forward with plans to establish a US interest section—precursor to a formal embassy—in Iran, the Guardian reports. An announcement will come in the next month about the office, which will put US diplomats in Iran for the first time since the hostage crisis in 1979. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced his support for the project earlier this week. More »

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      Iran  • Bush administration  • Middle East  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • diplomacy  • US Embassy  • embassy

  • June 2008

    • Planting Flag in Iran Would Be Good for US

      Washington Post  |  Jun 23, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Planting Flag in Iran Would Be Good for US

      (Newser) - President Bush is considering opening a small US office in Iran, Fred Hiatt writes in the Washington Post , a move that could spur contact with citizens—and perhaps the hostile regime. "It's not a softening," one official said of the proposed interest section, steps below a full embassy. "It does allow us to reach out to youth groups, to talk to dissidents. It's something the regime wouldn't like." More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • embassy

  • May 2008

    • Iraqis Charge Sex Abuse at British Embassy

      Times (UK)  |  May 8, 08 9:23 AM CDT

      Iraqis Charge Sex Abuse at British Embassy

      (Newser) - Three staff at the British embassy in Baghdad are sexually harassed, bullied, and abused, say three Iraqi ex-employees. A female cleaner and two male cooks detail a brutal work culture overseen by American contractors, according to testimony taken by the embassy and obtained by the Times of London. The cleaner attested that she lost her job after refusing to sleep with her boss. More »

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      Baghdad  • abuse  • sexual harassment  • KBR  • bullying  • embassy  • subcontractor

  • June 2007

    • Duped Workers Build Baghdad Embassy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 7, 07 10:56 AM CDT

      Duped Workers Build Baghdad Embassy

      (Newser) - The Kuwaiti company building the $592 million US embassy in Baghdad is under scrutiny for allegedly tricking workers into coming to Iraq. The Justice Department says Kuwaiti First promised poor workers from Bangladesh and Pakistan it would send them to Dubai, but instead brought them to the Green Zone, seized their passports, and trapped them on the potentially hazardous project. More »

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      Baghdad  • Green Zone  • workers  • embassy

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