US begins evacuating Mideast embassies, army bases

The United States is drawing down the presence of people who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East due to the potential for regional unrest, the US State Department and military said Wednesday as tensions with neighboring Iran rose amid deteriorating nuclear talks. President Trump confirmed that some US personnel are being moved out of the Middle East “because it could be a dangerous place.” “We’ll see what happens… We’ve given notice… Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon,” he told reporters before attending “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center in Washignton.
The State Department was preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the US Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest.The department also authorized the departure of nonessential personnel and family members from Bahrain and Kuwait, giving them an option on whether to leave the country.

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Meanwhile, former British army commander Richard Kemp has urged US President Donald Trump to take immediate military action against Iran, warning that diplomacy will only serve to delay the inevitable. In an article published by The Telegraph, Kemp argued that Tehran is using negotiations to buy time. “Iran will do everything it can to spin out talks with the US, doing its best to lead the negotiators along while manipulating Europeans to throw a lifeline,” he wrote.
Kemp said Iran is rebuilding its military capabilities, including replacing Russian-supplied air defenses damaged in Israeli strikes last October, and is further hardening and dispersing its nuclear facilities. He argued that Tehran has repeatedly violated both the 2015 nuclear deal and its commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.