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Nervous Diplomacy "Dur!" (Stop!) the cop said as I snapped this photo. You see him (the one on the right) looking at me, walking toward me. This was during my trip in March, 2003, and security was tight at diplomatic posts—particularly US and British—because of the pending invasion of Iraq by US and British troops. The police officer's concern was well-founded. On November 20, 2003, an Al Qaeda car bomb exploded very near where we were standing, killing a score of people and injuring hundreds in this closely packed neighborhood. The consulate building, designed (1845) in Italian Renaissance style by Sir Charles Barry, architect of London's Houses of Parliament, was badly damaged along with dozens of nearby buildings. |
