BAGHDAD (AP) – Hundreds of angry Iraqis have tried to break into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following deadly U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq. The incident came after supporters of the militia and mourners held funerals for the killed in a Baghdad neighborhood on Tuesday. They then marched on to the heavily fortified Green Zone and kept walking till they reached the sprawling U.S. Embassy complex there. AP journalists saw the crowd try to push into the embassy, shouting “Down, down USA!” The protesters apparently didn’t get beyond the outer wall of the embassy compound.
Iraqis Storm U.S. Embassy In Baghdad
December 31, 2019 5:25 am