Pro-Iran protesters dig in outside US embassy in Baghdad

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Pro-Iran protesters dug in outside the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, throwing rocks and burning US flags a day after making a dramatic ...

BAGHDAD: Pro-Iran protesters dug in outside the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday , throwing rocks and burning US flags a day after making a dramatic incursion into the compound.

An Iraqi supporter of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network lifts a picture of Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in front of the US embassy in Baghdad. The strikes killed 25 fighters from Kataeb Hezbollah, which organised Tuesday's march to the embassy gates. "They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat," Trump wrote on Twitter, adding"Happy New Year!".

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said about 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were prepared to deploy to the region in the coming days.By Wednesday, Iraqi forces had reimposed normal security measures around the perimeter of the Green Zone, usually inaccessible without a badge.US marines take position around the US embassy in Baghdad after pro-Iran protesters breached the outer wall of the compound.

 

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