I ask the competent authorities in Iraq to open an embassy in Washington, equivalent to the size of the U.S. embassy in Iraq, in order to maintain the prestige of Iraq.
— Moktada al-Sadr, the Shiite cleric who has steadfastly railed against American influence in Iraq and whose militia fought the American military, in a statement posted on his website. The New York Times. (View photos of the $750 million U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the largest of its kind in the world.)
