Hundreds of Iranian-backed activists stormed the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday.
Iraqi security forces failed to stop the raid on the US Embassy.The Iraqi protesters were carrying Hezbollah flags.
The US ambassador and personnel were evacuated.
BREAKING: An armed Iraqi militia has stormed the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, after breaking down the embassy walls and starting fires around the compound.pic.twitter.com/aj9qmluxLi
— Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) December 31, 2019
Footage of US soldiers guarding the American Embassy in #Baghdad, Iraq and armed Iraqi militia separated by a pane of glass.
Voice heard urging people to move back.pic.twitter.com/MRKwsmSgS6
— Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) December 31, 2019
EARLIER: Iranian backed militia fighters in Iraq gather outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad where attacks on the compound are being reported.
(Tweet Credit: @alexsalvinews – OANN) pic.twitter.com/MXu1yPLpHo
— Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) December 31, 2019
U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in #Baghdad for their safety, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters denounce U.S. air strikes https://t.co/vLMPRnsRzX pic.twitter.com/ceKbSI0zGl
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 31, 2019
Pro-#Iran Militia Kataib Hezbollah are now inside US Embassy in Baghdad #Iraq. Iraqi security and fortifications failed to stop them.
They’re in reception area. Smoke seen in other videos. Hezbollah refusing calls to leave vicinity: pic.twitter.com/Kz1rMuxxcy
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 31, 2019
President Trump says he will hold Iran responsible.
Trump: Iran Will be Held "Fully Responsible" for U.S. Embassy Attack in Iraq https://t.co/OyiMLOosqy
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) December 31, 2019
Iranian-backed militias are attacking the US embassy in Iraq.
Iran.
The country Obama gave $1.6 billion in cash to.
— Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) December 31, 2019
VIDEO from unfolding situation at U.S. Embassy in Iraq pic.twitter.com/yhildxQcgg
— LIVE Breaking News (@NewsBreaking) December 31, 2019
They’re waving Hezbollah terrorist flags.
They aren't protesters
They are Iran-Backed militia , they were holding Hezbollah flags #baghdad #iraq #iran #USembassy pic.twitter.com/8e8YyHBnTs— Nihad Maneaa (@NManeaa) December 31, 2019
Footage on the ground shows a lot of Iranian militia flags. This is almost identical to Benghazi.
Let’s see how Trump handles his biggest foreign policy challenge yet.
We should leave, if the Iraqi security forces are no where to help then they don’t want us there. Why should we spend money and people in a country that doesn’t want us.
Trump needs to look to Regan and what Reagan did with Gaddafi in Libya. He put a missile through Gaddafi’s palace window instead of an all out war. Gaddafi was pretty quiet after that. Gaddafi decided it was better to be the big fish in a little pond that a dead fish in the ocean.
A missile into the personal residence of Ali Khamenei or Hassan Rouhani will send a strong message and may knock some sense into them.
