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There are conflicting reports about whether US staff has been evacuated or not.
Iraqi pro-PMU protesters storm US embassy in Baghdad
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The same needs to be done in Afghanistan. Simultaneous pressure. Build the pressure and sit back.
The Taliban killed 14 soldiers yesterday despite so-called truce. The Americans are now finding out what it means to play divide and conquer. It has backfired like a bitch. Both Iraq and Afghanistan have gotten from bad to worse for the Yanks. So much humiliation and loss.
The ball is in US court. Are they going to play along or pack their bags and leave?
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LOL look at the Yanks caged in. Running through their checklists pretending all is fine.
LOL look who is begging:
Why do Americans always remind others about billions of dollars?
LOL look who is begging:
Why do Americans always remind others about billions of dollars?
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Protesters set fire to US embassy in Baghdad
Embassy storming took place after US attacks that killed 25 fighters from Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq.
an hour ago
Supporters of Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces (PMF) set fire to the US embassy wall in Bgahdad to condemn air attacks on their bases [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]
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Witnesses at the scene reported flames rising from inside the compound and at least three US soldiers on the roof of the main building inside embassy.
It was not clear what caused the fire at the reception area near the parking lot of the compound.
A man on a loudspeaker urged the mob not to enter the compound, saying: "The message was delivered."
The US ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from the embassy.
Earlier, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the embassy to protest US air attacks that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq this week.
Shouting "Down, Down USA!" the crowd hurled water bottles and smashed security cameras outside the embassy grounds.
Iraq's caretaker prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that crowds should leave the compound "immediately."
"We recall that any aggression or harassment of foreign embassies will be firmly prohibited by the security forces," Abdel Mahdi's office said several hours after the attack began.
The US military carried out the strikes on Sunday against the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah, calling it retaliation for last week's killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that it blamed on the group.
H. Sumeri@IraqiSecurity
Protestors burning the outer walls of the American Embassy in #Baghdad.
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The protesters raised flags of the powerful paramilitary group Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), of which Kataib Hezbollah is part, and several people climbed over the wall of the embassy and chanted "death to America" and "no, no America", witnesses said.
Tuesday's attempted embassy storming took place after mourners held funerals for fighters killed in a Baghdad neighbourhood, after which they marched on to the heavily fortified Green Zone and kept walking till they reached the embassy.
Security guards were seen retreating to the inside of the embassy. Protesters also were seen hanging yellow flags belonging to the Kataib Hezbollah on the walls of the embassy.
Speaking from the scene in Baghdad, Al Jazeera's Simona Foltyn said there was no indication of an armed confrontation so far.
"This entire funeral procession, consisting mostly of PMF members and their followers, has entered through these gates without any resistance whatsoever from the Iraqi security forces that are supposed to guard the Green Zone," she said, speaking from outside the US Embassy.
"We've seen in the past when anti-government protesters were able to enter the Green Zone but I don't believe we've seen such a large number of people come this close to the US Embassy," she continued, calling this a "significant development".
"It remains to be seen how the authorities will react and more importantly, how the US will react," Foltyn added.
Vows of revenge
The US attack - the largest one targeting an Iraqi state-sanctioned group in recent years - and the calls for retaliation represent a new escalation in the proxy war between the US and Iran playing out in the Middle East.
The US military said "precision defensive strikes" were conducted against five sites belonging to Kataib Hezbollah, which is a separate force from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, in Iraq and Syria.
The attack and vows for revenge raised concerns of new attacks that could threaten US interests in the region. [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]
Rejecting US influence
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said that the embassy storming is indicative of Iraqis' rejection of US influence in their country.
"In terms of the United States, here is a country that has spent trillions of dollars in Iraq 16 years after its invasion and occupation to wins the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, and ends up having its embassy surrounded the way it is," he said, speaking from Doha.
The "surrealistic" events on the ground has forced the US to go "on the defensive", Bishara added, where it "doesn't have much of an alliance either on the street or government institutions within Iraq."
On the other hand, he continued, in the past several months Iraqis have also been protesting against Iranian influence.
"Countless people have demonstrated against Iranian presence and influence in the country, burning Iranian consulates," Bishara said.
"But there are others who are with the PMF and Kataib Hezbollah that remain loyal to Iran and are more than happy to deflect pressure on Iran by attacking the US embassy.
"So all in all, the tensions between Iran and the US continue, Iraq suffers in the process but Iran has a far easier win against the US because of its religious and ethnic influence within certian groups in the country," he said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...pt-storm-embassy-baghdad-191231090526066.html
Embassy storming took place after US attacks that killed 25 fighters from Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq.
an hour ago
Supporters of Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces (PMF) set fire to the US embassy wall in Bgahdad to condemn air attacks on their bases [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]
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Witnesses at the scene reported flames rising from inside the compound and at least three US soldiers on the roof of the main building inside embassy.
It was not clear what caused the fire at the reception area near the parking lot of the compound.
A man on a loudspeaker urged the mob not to enter the compound, saying: "The message was delivered."
The US ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from the embassy.
Earlier, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the embassy to protest US air attacks that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq this week.
Shouting "Down, Down USA!" the crowd hurled water bottles and smashed security cameras outside the embassy grounds.
Iraq's caretaker prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that crowds should leave the compound "immediately."
"We recall that any aggression or harassment of foreign embassies will be firmly prohibited by the security forces," Abdel Mahdi's office said several hours after the attack began.
The US military carried out the strikes on Sunday against the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah, calling it retaliation for last week's killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that it blamed on the group.
H. Sumeri@IraqiSecurity
Protestors burning the outer walls of the American Embassy in #Baghdad.
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2:42 PM - Dec 31, 2019
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The protesters raised flags of the powerful paramilitary group Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), of which Kataib Hezbollah is part, and several people climbed over the wall of the embassy and chanted "death to America" and "no, no America", witnesses said.
Tuesday's attempted embassy storming took place after mourners held funerals for fighters killed in a Baghdad neighbourhood, after which they marched on to the heavily fortified Green Zone and kept walking till they reached the embassy.
Security guards were seen retreating to the inside of the embassy. Protesters also were seen hanging yellow flags belonging to the Kataib Hezbollah on the walls of the embassy.
Speaking from the scene in Baghdad, Al Jazeera's Simona Foltyn said there was no indication of an armed confrontation so far.
"This entire funeral procession, consisting mostly of PMF members and their followers, has entered through these gates without any resistance whatsoever from the Iraqi security forces that are supposed to guard the Green Zone," she said, speaking from outside the US Embassy.
"We've seen in the past when anti-government protesters were able to enter the Green Zone but I don't believe we've seen such a large number of people come this close to the US Embassy," she continued, calling this a "significant development".
"It remains to be seen how the authorities will react and more importantly, how the US will react," Foltyn added.
Vows of revenge
The US attack - the largest one targeting an Iraqi state-sanctioned group in recent years - and the calls for retaliation represent a new escalation in the proxy war between the US and Iran playing out in the Middle East.
The US military said "precision defensive strikes" were conducted against five sites belonging to Kataib Hezbollah, which is a separate force from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, in Iraq and Syria.
The attack and vows for revenge raised concerns of new attacks that could threaten US interests in the region. [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]
Rejecting US influence
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said that the embassy storming is indicative of Iraqis' rejection of US influence in their country.
"In terms of the United States, here is a country that has spent trillions of dollars in Iraq 16 years after its invasion and occupation to wins the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, and ends up having its embassy surrounded the way it is," he said, speaking from Doha.
The "surrealistic" events on the ground has forced the US to go "on the defensive", Bishara added, where it "doesn't have much of an alliance either on the street or government institutions within Iraq."
On the other hand, he continued, in the past several months Iraqis have also been protesting against Iranian influence.
"Countless people have demonstrated against Iranian presence and influence in the country, burning Iranian consulates," Bishara said.
"But there are others who are with the PMF and Kataib Hezbollah that remain loyal to Iran and are more than happy to deflect pressure on Iran by attacking the US embassy.
"So all in all, the tensions between Iran and the US continue, Iraq suffers in the process but Iran has a far easier win against the US because of its religious and ethnic influence within certian groups in the country," he said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...pt-storm-embassy-baghdad-191231090526066.html
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Good job.
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US sponsored imam of peace is shitting in his pants LOL
What is this American threatening with?
Look at this Zionist throwing fits.
That is right folks. The Yanks are labelling this is a declaration of war.
LOL Happy new year.
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Well People who want to throw yanks out of Syria-Iraq Theater forget that the US military presence in the region works to the benefit of Iran and its proxies in the region. The US always fears Retaliation against its forces in Iraq and Syria this keep their strikes minimal and controlled. Remove these forces and US and even Isarelis will heavily attack Iranian Positions in both of these countries without any fear of retaliation.
P.S Before any of u brings KSA into equation US/Israelis dont give a shit about them. And the Iranian Position in Iraq is already weakened due to protests annd Iraqis arnt gonna cry over dead Iranian Militia men.
P.S Before any of u brings KSA into equation US/Israelis dont give a shit about them. And the Iranian Position in Iraq is already weakened due to protests annd Iraqis arnt gonna cry over dead Iranian Militia men.
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The sentiments are crystal clear.
The Yanks are praying.
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