February 03, 2003

ArabNews: Diplomats start leaving Baghdad

Foreign diplomats in Iraq are leaving the country as the United States and Britain yesterday started a final diplomatic push to rally support for a possible war.

The Polish diplomat who acts as Washington’s sole representative in Iraq, Krzysztof Bernacki, will leave tomorrow “for long consultations in his country,” the Polish Embassy said. Other diplomatic sources in Baghdad said the representatives for Yugoslavia and Spain had already gone, citing the same reason.

The departures came as Washington and London exerted pressure on reluctant US allies to support a new UN resolution that would underpin a military assault on Iraq.

Departed for "long consultations in their countries..."--don't you love it?!?
Never B.S. a B.S-er like these Arabs.
They know what you mean.
And can you blame these diplos for getting while the getting's good? Heck no!
If you stay, you'll be reading from the Gospels of "Matthew, Mark, Luke and duck!"