Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? Russia is by-far the largest country in the world, covering over 17 million square kilometers of land. ap Baghdad's 'Big Dig': The US Embassy in. Later full-grown palm trees were trucked in and planted to line the grassy square. South Korea hosts Camp Humphreys, the largest overseas US military base, located approximately 65km (40 miles) south of the capital Seoul. The food is free. When there is distress, travelers visiting the host country are assisted. Two years later on April 30, 1975, communist forces seized control of South Vietnam and ended the war. At the core stands the embassy itself, a massive exercise in the New American Bunker style, with recessed slits for windows, a filtered and pressurized air-conditioning system against chemical or biological attack, and sufficient office space for hundreds of staff. The 500,000 sq ft compound is the second-largest US embassy in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad Photograph:. Even before he hit the ground, Van Buren found that the State Departments efforts to stabilize Iraq were as haphazard and unrealistic as the initial military effort to invade the country. The largest US embassy in West Asia was built in Baghdad after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, but the new US embassy in Lebanon is superior to the embassy in Baghdad in terms of size, facilities and cost. Inside the compound, or very near, there is a helipad to serve the ambassador and other top officials as they shuttle around on important business. [23], The embassy formally opened over a year behind schedule in January 2009 with a staff of over 16,000 people, mostly contractors, but including 2,000 diplomats. 109-13), which included $592million for embassy construction, was signed into law on May 11, 2005. The new embassy results from their desire to get their confinement just right. [9] The first overseas property owned, and the longest continuously owned, by the United States is the American Legation in Tangier, which was a gift of the Sultan of Morocco in 1821. The Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq, part of the larger Embassy after the 2011 U.S. withdrawal held the remaining Department of Defense support personnel, totalling about 1,000 contractors and about 147 DOD uniformed personnel. Tunis - TNS 2023 Cond Nast. During the brief war, around 694,550 American troops were deployed to the region. Tashkent - THT S. 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Fortifications include deep security perimeters, buildings reinforced beyond the usual standard, and five highly guarded entrances. The world's population currently teeters at eight billion people. Their need for protection has limited their views at the very time when globalization has diminished their roles. At one point the official Web site featured photos of young Iraqis receiving a donation of Major League Baseball equipment on the turf. In December 1777, Morocco became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty. Vientiane - VNT Perhaps 50 al-Qaeda foot soldiers were staying in my hotel, a run-down establishment where they lived several to a room, squatting late into the night in murmured conversation, without bothering to close the door. Manama - MNA Khartoum - KHT 1-Year Trailing Total Return: 78.5%. The new embassy cost $600 million to build, and is expected to cost another $1.2 billion a year to runa high price even by the profligate standards of the war in Iraq. But almost the only construction evident in the city was of the Green Zone defenses themselveserected in a quest for safety at the cost of official interactions with Iraq. The largest US military installation in the Middle East is the Al Udeid Air Base, located west of Doha, Qatar. The patrols don't connect with the streets." Stockholm - STK U.S. companies dominate. Panama City - PNM In April 1983 it was Beirut again: a van loaded with explosives detonated under the embassy portico, collapsing the front half of the building and killing 63 people. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and It has 'interests sections' in other nation's embassies in Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria. Whole job positions existed to hydrate and tend the grass. The 10th largest state is Wyoming, covering 97,813.0 sq. The U.S. has embassies in all countries it recognizes apart from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, Maldives, Syria and Yemen. It is the second biggest building in the world, and it is located in Yerevan. Metaphorically, the same is true of all the interiors, with their immaculate atriums and conference rooms, their artificial light, their pristine blastproof hallways hung with pre-approved art. Hill is 71. In 1972, the embassy became the U.S. He is also considered to be one of the most effective executives in the State Department today, praised in Congress for the production-line efficiency he has brought to embassy construction. This embassy is also the most expensive one is five times bigger than the second biggest diplomatic mission of the USA abroad. Madrid - MDD [19][20][21], The embassy has extensive housing and infrastructure facilities in addition to the usual diplomatic buildings. Bern- BEN For decades, Cuba has insisted that the US hand back the territory it took by force in 1898 and subsequently leased permanently in 1903. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. 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Copenhagen- CPN Sudan at the time was controlled by a revolutionary Islamist regime, upon whose invitation Osama bin Laden had arrived. Senor apparently had taken heart that shops remained open, selling vegetables, fruits, and household goods. Each embassy apartment offered a full-size American range, refrigerator, and dishwasher, as if staffers might someday take their families to shop at a future Sadr City Safeway like they do in Seoul or Brussels. At least the swimming pool has been placed off limits. July 22, 2014. Casablanca- CSB Port-au-Prince - PTP Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. America didn't use to be like this. Ambassador Lynne M. Tracy is the chief of the diplomatic mission of the embassy. It is estimated that between 2 to 3 million civilians died during the war. [3], The embassy opened in January 2009 following a series of construction delays. The rest of the Top 10, in order, are: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, Carlos Slim, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. While the various job specialties in the military (mortar plate carrier and helicopter pilot, cook and General) were united by a single uniform, a common service affiliation, and an esprit de corps, the State Department was more of a confederation, where lines were rarely crossed. The Worlds Biggest Embassy (104 acres, 22 buildings, thousands of staff members, a $116 million vehicle inventory), physically larger than the Vatican, was a sign of our commitment, at least our commitment to excess. You bought a punch card for 20 dollars and drank and drank, as all the bartenders were volunteers from the embassy community and free drinks, heavy pours, and loose accounting were the norm. What on earth is going on? But the location of the compound is well known in Baghdad anyway, where for several years it has been marked by large construction cranes and all-night work lights easily visible from the embattled neighborhoods across the river. These will be submitted to the NVC in Step 9. In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq and overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. I might as well have been speaking of embassies too. operatives, and representative of a country that however much it is admired is also despised. 6. On 31 December 2019, the embassy was attacked by supporters of Popular Mobilization Forces militia in response to airstrikes in Iraq and Syria conducted by United States Air Force the previous Sunday. Abu Dhabi - ABD The main goal was to build 140 fortified compounds within 10 years. I suggested that he walk around, make friends, hang out in the city at night. In this short film, we take a closer look at the top 10 gold reserves in the world. In response he points out, correctly, that these are not the brutish fortifications they might have been, and that efforts have gone into reducing the obviousness of their defenses. Some commentators linked the massive size of the new embassy building to the growing role played by the US in Lebanese politics, particularly as the different sides of Lebanese politics have repeatedly exchanged accusations of affiliation to foreign parties, including the US and Iran. Explaining more recent troubles at U.S. Embassies abroad, he wrote, "What the average American tourist needs to know is that the American government is not responsible for these difficulties. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. No grass grew. By current government standards that means they are cheap. Daniel Wasserbly, "Boots Up: Building An Army from Scratch," Jane's International Defence Review, May 2012, p.40. The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China,[1] including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo and Taiwan. Army joke: How does the embassy keep an eye on events in Iraq? The US embassy in Beijing, China, opened in 2008. His task is practical and narrowly defined. That badge is the chain with which visitors are leashed. The human cost of the wars is estimated to have killed more than 900,000 people mostly civilians. These embassies are the artifacts of fear. The event was a special program the ambassador was personally involved with, because he believed in sports diplomacy. Once he invited Iraqs only baseball team to his residence for some drills. After 30 mortar shells hit the Green Zone one afternoon last July, an American diplomat reported that his colleagues were growing angry about being "recklessly exposed to danger"as if the war should have come with warning labels. Mumbai- BMB A chastised State Department vowed to take security seriously this time. So it was in Saigon, where a new, fortified embassy was built, and during the suicidal Tet offensive of 1968 nearly overrun. People who opt for the uncertainties of the streets may get a better sense for various realitiesbut so what? Managua - MNG In frustration, the Clinton administration fired cruise missiles at Sudan and Afghanistan, and back home in Washington engaged another retired admiral, William Crowe, to look into embassy defenses. The Embassy of the United States of America in Yerevan, 3. Every one of us has been insecure about out appearance at . It is not just the embassy's biggest building in the world but also the most expensive. American comfort food, and theme cuisines from around the world, though rarely if ever from the Middle East. Rather, he seemed truly convinced of what he said, which in turn could be explained only as the product of extreme isolation. On October 7, 2001, the US under President George W Bush invaded Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, however, they seem to have held off, lobbing most of their ordnance elsewhere into the Green Zone, as if reluctant to slow the completion of such an enticing target. The violations of diplomatic immunity spread as elsewhere in the world U.S. Embassies and their staffs began to come under attack. it is also the least populous state of the US and is almost perfectly rectangular in shape. Addis Ababa- ADD Belmopan- BLZ Market Cap: $1.6 trillion. Nassau - NSS China ranked second at $252bn, followed by India at $73bn, Russia at $62bn and the UK at $59bn. From what I understand it is pretty huge and very classy. A temporary embassy was established in the Republican Palace. The United States has worldwide interests, and needs the tools to pursue them, but in a wild and wired 21st century the static diplomatic embassy, a product of the distant past, is no longer of much use. necs cost between $35 million and $100 million apiece. An early response was delivered on March 30, 1965, when a Vietcong car bomb destroyed the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 people and injuring 186. Eventually he set himself up in the business of "crisis communications," as if even he finally realized that Iraq had gone horribly wrong. [10], In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the State Department was concerned with expanding commercial ties in Asia, establishing Liberia, foiling diplomatic recognition of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and securing its presence in North America. During construction, the U.S. government kept many aspects of the project under wraps, with many details released only in a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report. Vilnius - VIL Auckland- ACK The 1,398 hectares (3,454 acres) base is one of 80 bases in the country and is less than 100km (60 miles) from the heavily fortified demilitarized zone that demarcates North Korea from South Korea. As a result the compound is largely self-sustaining, and contains its own power generators, water wells, drinking-water treatment plant, sewage plant, fire station, irrigation system, Internet uplink, secure intranet, telephone center (Virginia area code), cell-phone network (New York area code), mail service, fuel depot, food and supply warehouses, vehicle-repair garage, and workshops. [1], At 104 acres (42ha), it is the largest embassy in the world; it is nearly as large as Vatican City. So, O.K., the new embassy is not perfect yet, but by State Department standards it's getting there. US banks improve in . Inside, a good-humored Marine told me he had pulled the short straw. [26][27] On December 31, 2019, thousands of demonstrators attacked the embassy and breached the outside walls in response to an airstrike that killed 25 on December 27. Safety comes first, and it is increasingly difficult to achieve. [12] The embassy planned to hire 900-1,000 permanent American employees under mission authority, along with 300-400 staff under military command and an additional 600-700 Iraqi staff by the end of 2004.[13]. The bathrooms are strangely graffiti-free, and contain no hint of the in-house commentary a visitor might wish to see. In 2020, the US spent $778bn on its military the largest military spender in the world and more than the next 10 countries combined according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). One could argue the merits of American foreign policy in the long run, but in the immediate it seemed that something had to be done. The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is one of the largest in the world and is comprised of several dozen sections and agencies. Ulaanbaatar - ULN [12] The wave of overseas construction began with the creation of the State Department's Foreign Service Buildings Commission in 1926.[10]. Hashd-al-Shaabi militia supporters attacked the embassy on 31st December 2019. The infographic below shows a brief history of where the US has deployed its troops since the end of World War II, along with the wars it has fought in. London - LND It is reasonable to assume that insurgents will soon sit in the privacy of rooms overlooking the site, and use cell phones or radios to adjust the rocket and mortar fire of their companions. They were the deep thinkers, the plotters, the negotiators, the report writers. The Wuhan Institute of Virology, the cutting-edge biotech facility at the center of swirling suspicions about the pandemics onset, was far more troubled than previously known, explosive documents unearthed by a Senate research team reveal. The new American Embassy in Baghdad will be the largest, least welcoming, and most lavish embassy in the world: a $600 million massively fortified compound with 619 blast-resistant apartments and a food court fit for a shopping mall. Beirut- BRT On October 23, 1983, also in Beirut, terrorists carried out the huge truck-bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks, killing 242 American servicemen in an explosion said to be the largest non-nuclear bomb blast in history. According to the US Department of Defense, the US suffered 33,739 deaths in battle. Seventeen of the dead were Americans, of whom eight worked for the C.I.A. Williams is unnecessarily defensive about this. (Reddit). It boasts 11 time zones, and borders 14 different countries. This blog will list the Top 10 largest deserts in the world along with other useful information. The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, a distinct campus in Virginia, is a federal institution on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. 651 N Broad St, Middletown, DE 19709, USA. The perimeter walls stand at least nine feet high and are made of reinforced concrete strong enough to deflect the blast from mortars, rockets, and car bombs that might detonate outside. The facility was used extensively during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and treated thousands of wounded soldiers. A new complex for the embassy was constructed along the Tigris River, west of the Arbataash Tamuz Bridge, and facing Al-Kindi street to the north. Twice I was detained for being a spy and easily talked my way free. As of 2012, the number of contractors and employees in this embassy reached 16,000. Last edited on 23 November 2022, at 23:08, First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting Company, List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq, Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad, 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike, "U.S. View Full Profile View all Photos. To the government this does not seem to matter. The city was poor. The embassy covers 22 acres, which is 90,469 square meters area. On August 7, 1998, however, al-Qaeda drivers bombed the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, killing 301 people and wounding about 5,000 more. Chisinau- CHS He seemed to agree, but rather than surrendering to despair, he proposed a first step in the form of a riddle. The mission of the United States Embassy is to advance the interests of the United States, and to serve and protect U.S. citizens in Thailand. While economic officers negotiate issues like tariffs, patents, and taxes and handle economic disputes, consular officers, on the other hand, are responsible for dealing with traveling issues such as visas issuing. Interests Section (USINT) of the Belgian Embassy to Iraq, as Belgium was the protecting power for the United States presence in Iraq. However, the number of US troops stationed in Germany has more than halved between 2006 and 2020, dropping from 72,400 to 33,900. In 2003, for instance, after the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul relocated to a bunker 45 minutes from its old center-city location, Islamist terrorists bombed its former neighbors, the British Consulate and the London-based HSBC bank, apparently because they decided that the American defenses were too tough. Brazzaville- BRZ The U.S. embassy to the Holy See is located outside, Last edited on 16 February 2023, at 13:42, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, History of United States diplomatic relations by country, List of countries by number of diplomatic missions, List of diplomatic missions in the United States, Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities, Speeches and editorials 2007 U.S. Embassy The Hague, Netherlands, "Atlantic World Collections Memory of the Netherlands Online ima", The John Adams Institute, American culture and literature, Lectures. Rio de Janeiro - RDJ The new US embassy in Beirut will be the world's second-biggest US embassy, following the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, and taking over the second rank filled previously by the US embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. Inside the Green Zone the talk of progress slowed and then died. 50 U.S. States: Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico The embassy is a permanent structure which has provided a new base for the 5,500 Americans currently living and working in Baghdad. A nearly endless amount of water was used, but despite clear orders to do so, the grass would not grow. Neither U.S. passports nor visas to the United States can be issued in Damascus. Ciudad Juarez- CDJ The State Departmentis like a Mafia family: one doesnt talk about family matters outside the family, he told Publishers Weekly. Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. Almaty- ATA Some spoke about their beliefs and their pasts; I did not ask about their plans. Over the past 20 years alone, the US has spent $8 trillion on its so-called global war on terror according to the Costs of War project at Brown University. Amman- AMM "U.S. Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Half", Tim Arango, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad&oldid=1123473020, Recreation, including a gym, cinema, several tennis courts and an, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 23:08. Eager to open new facilities in the former Soviet states, the State Department began putting as much effort into avoiding the Inman standards as into complying with them. U.S. Embassies are not pristine diplomatic oases, but full-blown governmental hives, heavy with C.I.A. It was now used only for offices. In 2003, the US invaded Iraq after it accused long-time Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein of having weapons of mass destruction none was found. Kigali - KGL Guangzhou- GUZ The largest US military installation in the Middle East is the Al Udeid Air Base, located west of Doha, Qatar. Asuncion- ASN It replaced the previous embassy, which opened July 1, 2004 in Baghdad's Green Zone in a former Palace of Saddam Hussein. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. It covers 46,000 m2, which is equivalent to 500,000-square-foot. 10 Largest Cities In The World. The embassy was moved to a more secure location, where nonetheless another truck bomb was exploded, in September 1984, with the loss of 22 lives. Antananarivo- ANT The Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad, 2. They are politely landscaped, minimally intrusive bunkers, placed as far from view as is practical, and dependent as much on discreet technology as on sheer massbut they are bunkers nonetheless. The next phylum slid in around 10, the 20-to-30-year-old embassy staffers. Industry had stalled, electricity and water were failing, sewage was flooding the streets, the universities were shuttered, the insurgency was expanding, sectarianism was on the rise, and gunfire and explosions now marked the days as well as the nights. There are variations in the configurations, depending on the sites and needs, but most of the variations are superficial and amount to differences in the footprints, landscaping, and color schemes. An estimated 241,000 people have died as a direct result of the war since 2001, according to the Costs of War project at Brown University. They are located away from city centers, wrapped in perimeter walls, set back from the streets, and guarded by Marines. His "average American tourist" is young, female, and perhaps less grateful than he believes. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Among his many achievements, he won the Distinguished Flying Cross piloting combat helicopters in Vietnam, and in the early 1990s survived an even more dangerous stint running New York City's public-school construction program. The embassy functions as the administrative office USA Ambassador in China. embassy. Some people linked the unusually large size of the new embassy in Beirut to the security needs in the country where Iranian-backed Hezbollah is fully armed and could endanger US interests in case of a potential conflict, especially since it is going to be the second biggest after the Baghdad embassy, which has been repeatedly targeted by armed groups affiliated with Iran and ISISover the last several years. There are five defensible entrance gates, most of which remain closed. Just outside the 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) base is the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest US military hospital outside the US. On average they encompass 10 acres. 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