Baghdad Embassy Plans Turn Up Online (and are deleted)

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

By MATTHEW LEE
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared online Thursday in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project.

Computer-generated projections of the soon-to-be completed, heavily fortified compound were posted on the Web site of the Kansas City, Mo.-based architectural firm that was contracted to design the massive facility in the Iraqi capital.

The images were removed by Berger Devine Yaeger Inc. shortly after the company was contacted by the State Department.

... Some U.S. officials acknowledged that damage may have been done by the postings and used expletives to describe their personal reactions. Still, they downplayed the overall risk.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/31/AR2007053101743.html

[Kagemusha]

1. I wonder to myself if the reporter kept a straight face writing that final paragraph above.

Probably not...

[leftchick]

2. pics....

now "they" know where the pool is......

[whistle]

4. These are not pictures of the facilities, these are computer graphics

...there are no facilities

[saigon68]

5. Nice place for thug mercenaries to swim and relax

Wonder where the saloon is?

[leftchick]

7. yeah man!

belly up to the bar killer! What a glorious place our tax dollars are building for thugs and thieves. I wonder how long it will last.

:eyes:

[damntexdem]

18. But where's the airport?

Or will they simply evacuate via helicopter on the roof, like in Vietnam?

[Bandit]

17. Better picture

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:lAX6g53Wx5c3xM:www.hickoksports.com/images

[leftchick]

19. so true

:thumbsup:

too bad the neocon idots didn't figure that into the equation.

[whistle]

3. I believe one thing is very clear, the $550 million spent on the embassy

...has gone down a rat hole and as we get very close to completion, there will be a devastating attack on the site and everything will be destroyed beyond recognition

[psychopomp]

6. I find that very doubtful

but would not be surprised if the complex is occupied by our enemies some time in the not-to-distant future, just as we cozied up in Saddam's old palaces after he was out of the picture.

[smtpgirl]

8. Whether they are "real" architectural plans or CADD designs

The US PLANS TO BE IN IRAQ FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

The world has seen the behind the scenes planning. So much for nation-building?

That looks like a 21st century Pentagon, or a Fort Knox.




This computer generated architectural rendering recently posted on the architect's web site reportedly shows the entrance to the residence of the Deputy Chief of Mission, part of the American Embassy complex in Baghdad, Iraq, currently under construction. Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy now under construction in Baghdad appeared online Thursday, May 31, 2007, in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project that will be America's largest diplomatic mission abroad. The post was removed by the company from its website shortly after being contacted about it by the State Department. (AP Photo) (AP)


Few are, and in Baghdad, the construction is under heavy guard and treated with extreme secrecy. It is off-limits to all but those with special passes, surrounded by tall, concrete blast walls and impossible to see except from the air.

The images posted on the Web site show that the $592 million embassy, expected to be completed in September on prime real estate two-thirds the size of Washington's National Mall, will be a spacious and comfortable facility, albeit dangerous.

Identified as the "Baghdad U.S. Embassy Compound Master Plan," the images show palm-lined paths, green grass gardens and volleyball and basketball courts outside the Marine post, as well as the swimming pool.

"In total, the 104-acre compound will include over twenty buildings, including one classified secure structure and housing for over 380 families," the Web site says.

It says the compound will include the embassy building, housing, a PX, commissary, cinema, retail and shopping areas, restaurants, schools, a fire station, power and water treatment plants as well as telecommunications and wastewater treatment facilities.

A U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report last year said embassy security will be extraordinary: Setbacks and perimeter no-go areas will be especially deep, structures reinforced to 2.5 times the standard and five high-security entrances, plus an emergency entrance-exit.

http://www.bergerdevineyaeger.com

[BeHereNow]

9. Our tax dollars at work for the copoRATes...

Mean while, in New Orleans...
BHN

[assclown_bush]

10. No need to "follow us home" the U.S. can provide them with a MAP

Source: Associated Press

"Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared online Thursday in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project.

Computer-generated projections of the soon-to-be completed, heavily fortified compound were posted on the Web site of the Kansas City, Mo.-based architectural firm that was contracted to design the massive facility in the Iraqi capital." (Snip)

"The 10 images included a scheme of the overall layout of the compound, plus depictions of individual buildings including the embassy itself, office annexes, the Marine Corps security post, swimming pool, recreation center and the ambassador's and deputy ambassador's residences." (Snip)



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_go_ot/baghdad_embassy_plans

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Just when you thought the Iraqi situation could not get any worse, the architectural firm that was contracted to build the super Duper secure and tight U.S. Embassy in Baghdad posted computer generated images of the compound (yes, even the ambassador's residence). I am sure that the architectural firm (Berger Devine Yeager Inc.) is somehow tied to Bushco...and needless to say, "they are doing a heck of a job".

[chknltl]

11. Perfect! eom

[truthisfreedom]

12. What a great way to get paid to design it all over again.

Brilliant.

[physioex]

14. I don't wish harm on anyone.....

But the poor sap that takes that job is going to get exactly what he/she deserves..... :smoke:

Now bring on the fudies that don't believe in natural selection...... :rofl:

[happygoluckytoyou]

13. AND..... THE..... IDIOT OCCURS HERE -----> X

IN A RELATED STORY, SEVERAL SOLDIERS RETURNING TO AMERICA BETWEEN TOURS OF DUTY WE FOUND TO HAVE DROPPED BREADCRUMBS ALONG THE PATH BACK FROM IRAQ. INSURGENTS, FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF TASTY MORSELS, ARRIVED IN AMERICA. UNFORTUNATLY FOR THEM, THE INSURGENT AGENDA WAS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE GAY AGENDA, AND SOMETHING HAD TO BE CANCELLED. "I MAY BE GAY, BUT I'M NO LESBIAN" SHOUTED MARY CHENEY, AS SHE ATTACKED THE IRAQI FIFTH COLUMN.

BACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE ACME MAP AND BLUEPRINT COMPANY DELIVERED A COPY OF THE EMBASSY LAYOUT WITH TWO PIZZAS AT THE DOOR OF OSAMA-BIN-WAITING.

you gotta love the 'cheap labor' GOP...

[DRoseDARs]

15. Your title is not kosher for the LBN forum; use the original AP article title.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x87249

[MetaTrope]

16. Hope the plans didn't show where the Baskin-Robbins ice cream is stored

Then there would be REAL trouble.