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To: D. Long who wrote (7541)5/9/1999 1:34:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive   of 17770
 
>>Is it not customary to withdraw
your embassy staff from a war zone?<<

No, not according to what I heard yesterday from a senior American state department official (I'm sorry I cannot recall his name), but he was asked why the foreign diplomats where still there, and he replied that foreign embassies always maintain their presence (unless of course you represent the combatant countries). Embassies are considered soveriegn territory of their respective countries within the host country and it is considered a war crime to attack diplomatic embassies.

Of course we are using the "whoops" excuse, but that ultimately could be left to the World Court to decide.

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