US orders embassy staff to leave Sudan and Tunisia
The US State Department ordered the departure of all
family members and non-essential personnel from its
embassies in Sudan and Tunisia on Saturday and warned
American citizens against any travel to the two countries
amid escalating violence.
By France 24 (video)
Sunday, September 16, 2012
The United States ordered non-essential staff to leave
its embassies in Tunisia and Sudan on Saturday after both
diplomatic posts were attacked and Khartoum rejected a
U.S. request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster
security at its mission there.
�Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the
U.S. State Department has ordered the departure of all
family members and non-emergency personnel from both
posts, and issued parallel travel warnings to American
citizens,� State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland
said in a statement.
The U.S. embassies in Tunis and Khartoum were attacked on
Friday by protesters infuriated by a widely disseminated
anti-Islamic film, made in the United States, that
insults the Prophet Mohammad and has provoked a violent
reaction across the Muslim world.
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