“It’s as if the US Embassy is there not only to protect American interests, but to manage the entire world from the heart of the capital, Baghdad.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014 Iraqi Sheikh Qassim Al Ta\u2019ee, as quoted on 27 December 2011 in\u00a0Al Iraq News\u00a0and translated by Ibrahim Zaidan from\u00a0the original Arabic<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0by Nicholas Dagher<\/span><\/p>\n Zaidan\u2019s article went on to say:<\/span><\/p>\n The world’s largest embassy is situated in the Green Zone and fortified by three walls, another barrier of concrete slabs, followed by barbed wire fences and a wall of sandbags. It covers an area of 104 acres, six times larger than UN headquarters in New York and ten times larger than the new embassy Washington is building in Beijing \u2013 which is just 10 acres.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Part of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n So, America’s largest diplomatic mission is surrounded by high concrete walls, is painted in black, brown and grey and is completely isolated from its environment. \u2026 The United States announced several months ago that between diplomats and employees, its embassy would include 16,000 people after the pullout of US forces.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n On January 1st, Will Sillitoe headlined at the\u00a0Helsinki Times,\u00a0“What does the US embassy in Baghdad export to Finland and dozens of other countries?<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and he reported that:<\/span><\/p>\n More than a million kilograms of cargo were shipped from Baghdad to different parts of the world, reveals US embassies procurement documents.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mysterious cargo shipments from the US Embassy in Baghdad to other American embassies and consulates around the world have been revealed on a Wikileaks’ database. Procurement orders of US embassies are public documents, but Wikileaks put them in a searchable database making it easier to analyse.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The database displaying worldwide US embassy orders of goods and services reveals Baghdad as a postal and shipping centre for tonnes of freight.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Though military freight might be expected between the US and Iraq, records show that embassies across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa are all receiving deliveries from Baghdad too.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n According to Wikileaks’ database, orders to ship more than 540 tonnes of cargo to the US were made in May 2018. The same document shows other main delivery destinations included 120 tonnes of freight to Europe, and 24 tonnes to South Africa, South America and Central Africa respectively. \u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n On December 29th, Sillitoe had headlined\u00a0“Guarded warehouse near airport and mysterious cargos from Baghdad; what is the US embassy in Helsinki up to?<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and he opened:<\/span><\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/US-Baghdad-embassy.jpg\")
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