India Removes Barricades at U.S. Embassy in Delhi in Retaliation for Diplomatic Row

The BBC reports on the removal of the barricades, which signals state support for attacks on the U.S. mission. I'm sure the symbolism's not lost on the State Department, although history shows the suits at Foggy Bottom don't care much for the lives of diplomats serving overseas.

At the New York Times, "U.S. Moves to Cool India’s Rage Over Arrested Diplomat":

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry called a senior Indian official on Wednesday to express his “regret” over an episode in which law enforcement officials in New York arrested an Indian diplomat last week and strip-searched her.

Mr. Kerry’s call to the official, Shivshankar Menon, India’s national security adviser, was disclosed by the State Department in a statement.

The Indian government has complained bitterly about the treatment of the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the arrest deplorable, Indian newspaper editorials expressed outrage, and the police removed barriers meant to protect the American Embassy.

Ms. Khobragade, 39, was accused of submitting false documents to obtain a work visa for a housekeeper, and Indian newspapers said she had been subjected to repeated body cavity searches.

The United States Marshals Service, which handled her detention, said that she had been subjected to the standard detention procedures for “arrestees within the general prisoner population.”

She was thrown in a cell with drug addicts and prostitutes.

Better than being abandoned to the terrorists at diplomatic compound, I guess.