Linda & Eric

Eric lives near paris and uses the trains frequently...I must say I'm glad he doesn't work today.

Mike_jones

Here is the link...
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/...sings/index.ht
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Mike

"Folinskyinla" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > As per CNN:
    > Embassies and consulates in the following cities are closed, and the
    > list is likely to grow:
    > . Almaty, Khazakstan
    > . Amman, Jordan
    > . All posts in Australia
    > . Bucharest, Romania
    > . Buenos Aires, Argentina
    > . Cairo, Egypt
    > . Caracas, Venezuela,
    > . Damascus, Syria
    > . Istanbul, Turkey
    > . Kabul, Afghanistan
    > . Lagos, Nigeria
    > . Paris, France
    > . Nairobi, Kenya
    > . Oslo, Norway
    > . All posts in Pakistan
    > . Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    > . Savanna, Yemen
    > . Skopje, Macedonia
    > . All posts in South Africa
    > . Surabaya, Indonesia
    > . Tel Aviv, Israel
    > . Jerusalem
    > U.S. embassies and consulates in the following countries are on
    > "authorized departure," which means the State Department will allow and
    > pay for the departure of family members and non-emergency personnel at a
    > particular post on a voluntary basis:
    > . Manama, Bahrain
    > . Amman, Jordan
    > . Beirut, Lebanon
    > . Muscat, Oman
    > . Doha, Qatar
    > . Dhahran, Jetta and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    > . Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    > . Turkey
    > . Pakistan
    > The State Department has ordered the departure of family members and
    > non-emergency from the following posts due to impending hostilities:
    > . Tel Aviv, Israel, plus Jerusalem and the West Bank
    > . Kuwait City, Kuwait
    > . Damascus, Syria
    > --
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    > Immigration & Nat. Law
    > Cal. Bar Board of Legal Specialization
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Marilou920

    >Subject: Re: Embassy Closings
    >From: [email protected] (ANKH)
    >Date: 3/21/2003 2:55 AM Central Standard Time
    >Message-id:
    >ScarlettHill wrote in message
    >news:...
    >> I could cry...
    >>
    >> Leaving aside all opinions on this war, which is a hard thing for me
    >> to do, all I can think of right now is how many couples must be at
    >> their wits end because of this news. I am so sorry for anyone
    >> affected by this.
    >>
    >> Yes I know there are 'larger' issues here so don't yell at me, please. I
    >> have friends caught up in the 'larger issues' - one who doesn't even
    >> know where her husband has been posted to right now - a reservist who
    >> was on his way out of the army before this whole thing blew up and
    >> stopped him being able to return to his wife and child. In my living
    >> room is the rug he sent us from Turkey as a wedding present which his
    >> wife brought round just this weekend.
    >>
    >> But war and all its terrible and obvious effects aside, how hard it
    >> must be for those who've waited so long in this whole visa process
    >> - especially going through some of the worst service centers - and
    >> now this...
    >>
    >> Yes I can see the reason for playing safe and closing certain
    >> consulates. But right now I'm not concerned with those reasons - just
    >> with the sheer heartache the international situation must be causing so
    >> many caught up in this process.
    >>
    >> If that's you, hang on in there. I'm so sorry for what you must be going
    >> through right now... Don't lose heart...
    >>
    >> -=-
    >> Scarlett
    >I AM VERY UPSET RIGHT NOW..TODAY WAS SUPPOSE TO BE OUR K3
    >INTERVIEW..WE WENT TO THE MANILA EMBASSY WITH MY 2CHILDREN and they
    >made us go back next week..i went home feeling numb and just cried
    >afterwards...we hav been waiting for this visa for 4 years already..my
    >husband is in the navy and might go to war pretty soon and he hasnt
    >seen seen his boys for 9months,hasnt seen our new son..it is just too
    >much.
    >the k3/k4 visa was solely made for us families to be reunited with our
    >families in the us and wait there for our immigrant visas but the
    >processing is just the same..the wait wasnt even shortened..i mean it
    >just made us pay more but the wait sure is still the same.
    >with this war going on..i dont know..we might just miss him. my poor
    >babies...
I'm sorry to hear this. Why they ask you to come back? is US embassy in Manila
is closed? Thanks

Caro

McDonald "resturants" have always had a hard life in France because they crystallize America in the eyes of French people.

Caroline

JeffB

I think we should all try not to panic about these closings, historically we know that they reopen ASAP. But I would sure be upset if I were rescheduled during this time, let's all pray that we get through this quickly.

Caro

I will have to agree with that. I am sure that they will reopen when the protests have slowed down and the staff can expect to be able to go home after their working day...

Caroline

Scout

Of all the stupid idiotic things!!!!!!!!!!Bush and his cronies knew this war was coming..........they knew there would be an anti-American backlash...........why the hell didn't they beef up the security at the Embassies and Consulates before now? Does he think that American's abroad won't need the Embassies and our loved ones that have been waiting for months and years should keep on wating forever too? What the hell has he closed the Embassy in Oslo for??????????? Australia too???? Criminey...........the man is a BABOON!!!!

There I said it too and makes me feel better........

Cheers,

Leslie

Mike_jones

Norway has its own problems. They have jsut placed into custody a

"Scout" wrote
    > Of all the stupid idiotic things!!!!!!!!!!

(...snippety doo dah...snippety eh?...:-)

    >What the
    > hell has he closed the Embassy in Oslo for??????????? Australia too????
    > Criminey...........the man is a BABOON!!!!
    > There I said it too and makes me feel better........
    > Cheers,
    > Leslie

Norway has its own problems.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...ticleID=513564
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...ticleID=512702
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...ticleID=472600
Mike
--
keeping up on
the foreign press

Just Jenney

I agree with you. Mark's interview is at the London Consulate this Monday -- and although that embassy isn't closed, I'm terrified that he'll arrive show up after his medical exam, only to discover that they've closed the Embassy after all. If his interview were suddenly postponed indefinitely, it would feel like a knife twisting in my chest!! As it stands now, I won't feel 100% relieved until I know he's got the visa in hand, which would be Monday afternoon.

I consider ourselves VERY lucky that London is still open and operating, but I certainly can imagine what it would be like to discover one's embassy has been closed and how painful that would be -- my thoughts are with all of you who are going through an embassy that is temporarily shut down.

~ Jenney

claudia13839

I am very sorry to hear this news, I especially feel for people that are waiting for the Consulate to work on their papers.

However, I truly feel this will be temporary and short term. So keep up the hopes. My husband got his visa exactly 1 week ago, and to think that the Consulate in Venezuela is on the mentioned "blacklist"!!!

Xiomi and Ange...

Let's hope for the best, I am sure everything will be fine. Remember I also went through this months ago when the Consulate in Caracas was closed for more than a month due to the political unrest. Guess what, I made it, and so will you guys!

~Claudia

Mikki

Have you SEEN any of the newsclips about some of those protests???
"Beefing up security" won't help much if there are 10,000 people
surrounding the building!!! People wouldn't be able to go in and out
safely! Get real! Who would want their fiance trying to get through
a huge crowd of angry protestors!!!!????? I understand none of us
want further delays, but for God's sake, think of safety!!!

Mikki

L D Jones

CLoweii wrote:
    >
    > the US can not trust France because they are not with them in the war. Time to
    > pull out of France.

Pull what out of France?

L D Jones

Caro wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > But a few people tried to demolish a McD's in Paris yesterday
    >
    > McDonald "resturants" have always had a hard life in France because they
    > crystallize America in the eyes of French people.

Which is unfortunate for while they may represent "america" they are
owned and operated by local people as far as I know.

L D Jones

Scout wrote:
    >
[...]
    > Criminey...........the man is a BABOON!!!!

Interesting characterisation. You might be like the political cartoons
of Steve Bell, such as

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/0...337484,00.html

Mrtravel

L D Jones wrote:
    >
    > Caro wrote:
    > >
    > > >
    > > > But a few people tried to demolish a McD's in Paris yesterday
    > >
    > > McDonald "resturants" have always had a hard life in France because they
    > > crystallize America in the eyes of French people.
    >
    > Which is unfortunate for while they may represent "america" they are
    > owned and operated by local people as far as I know.

I agree. Plus they have real ice cream in the shakes and deep fried
apple pies, like US McD used to have. I read somewhere about an attack
on a French business in the US. This is ridiculous.