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January 1, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/pro-iran-protesters-dig-outside-us-embassy-baghdad-doc-1ne0mv3

Pro-Iran Protesters Dig In Outside U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

(AFP) Thousands of Iraqi supporters of Iranian-trained paramilitary forces dug in outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, throwing rocks and burning U.S. flags a day after making a dramatic incursion into the compound. They had marched unimpeded through the checkpoints of the usually high-security Green Zone. The protesters set up portable toilets and 50 tents outside the perimeter wall, vowing not to leave until U.S. forces quit Iraq. On Wednesday morning, a truck delivered hundreds of mattresses.

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