# The IRaq Countdown Has Begun

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**Created:** [February 8, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraq-countdown-has-begun/153731 "2003-02-08T18:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraq-countdown-has-begun/153731/1 "2003-02-08T18:20:31Z")

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> The United States announced the closure of its Interests Section in the Polish Embassy in Baghdad and urged all US citizens to get out of the country, severing its final diplomatic link with Iraq in a move that normally precedes war.

Source: [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/08/1044579988910.html](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/08/1044579988910.html)  
Here’s the real deal - [http://travel.state.gov/iraq\_warning.html](http://travel.state.gov/iraq_warning.html)

So is anyone else finding last-minute things being tidied up before cruise missile rain begins?