By Mark Tarallo
The United States is beefing up security at its embassy in Baghdad and will move some workers out of the Iraqi capital, the State Department said on Sunday. In addition, U.S. citizens in Iraq were advised to exercise caution and limit travel in five provinces, including Anbar in the west and Kirkuk in the north, Reuters reported. "Some additional U.S. government security personnel will be added to the staff in Baghdad; other staff will be temporarily relocated, both to our Consulate Generals in Basra and Arbil and to the Iraq Support Unit in Amman," the State Department said in a statement. The moves came as the al-Qaida-inspired extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) captured another city in Iraq, Tal Afar, after seizing Mosul (the country’s second-largest city) and Tikrit (Saddam Hussein’s hometown) earlier this month. On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry said the attacks represent an existential threat to the future of Iraq.
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