A whole lot of Iranian-backed activists stormed the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. Iraqi safety compelled didn’t cease the siege of the US Embassy. The Iraqi protesters had been carrying Hezbollah flags. The US ambassador and personnel had been evacuated.
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
UPDATE— The Iranian-backed “protesters” scrawled, “Qassem Soleimani is our chief” on the US embassy wall. Soleimani is the chief of Iran’s Qods Drive. He constructed the Iraqi militias.
What is this anti-American protest in Baghdad about? This picture tells it all. Protesters, presumably from Kata’ib Hizballah, scrawl, "Qassem Soleimani is our leader" on the US embassy wall. Soleimani is the leader of Iran’s Qods Force. He built the Iraqi militias. pic.twitter.com/3iGSGvietx
— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Qassem Soleimani is chief of the Iranian al-Quds Drive -— a division primarily accountable for extraterritorial army and clandestine operations.
The chief of pro-Iranian Shiite militias is on the protests as we speak.
What is this anti-American protest in Baghdad about? This picture tells it all. Protesters, presumably from Kata’ib Hizballah, scrawl, "Qassem Soleimani is our leader" on the US embassy wall. Soleimani is the leader of Iran’s Qods Force. He built the Iraqi militias. pic.twitter.com/3iGSGvietx
— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, founder and chief of Kata’ib Hizballah.
Odds are overwhelming that Iran organized this “protest” in Baghdad. Here’s a suggestive tweet from 4 days ago. It says Qassem Soleimani got friend Tahseen al-Abboudi appointed as head of security in the Green Zone — in order to squeeze foreign embassies. https://t.co/aXlWFHhSmX https://t.co/rqkNL8OdLl
— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Qais al-Khazali, the chief of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, a pro-Iranian militia.
This gentleman, a participant in the anti-American protest in Baghdad, is eager to assert that Lebanese Hizballah is present. Displaying its banner, he says, “Hizballah from the American embassy. Hizballah is here. Hizballah passed by here.” | pic.twitter.com/VL8rHRVNdy
— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Qais Khazali, served as a spokesman for the insurgent Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, in Iraq for years.
English-speaking Iraqi terrorists, linked to Khazali, kidnapped and murdered 5 US troopers close to Karbala in January 2007.
In the present day Khazali is on the violent protests on the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Hadi al-Amiri, Qais al-Khazali, Faleh al-Fayyad, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis lead the demonstration in front of the US embassy building in Baghdad.#Iraq #Us #Iran pic.twitter.com/HLH1QaH60V
— Kazem (@Kianoosh_sa1) December 31, 2019
Hundreds of Iraqis, shouting “Down, down USA!” attempt to storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following U.S. airstrikes this week that killed dozens of members from an #Iran-backed militia in Iraq.
My take:
Tehran-linked groups organized this rally.https://t.co/QnHTdpCf15— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) December 31, 2019
#UPDATE: KH and PMF supporters/ members began erecting set-in tents in front of the US Embassy in #Baghdad. #IraqJournal
— Iraq Journal (@iraq_journal) December 31, 2019
Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, and many other senior leaders were among the protesters.
“Americans are unwanted in Iraq. They are a source of evil and we want them to leave,” Khazali told Reuters. https://t.co/P7PHhTFsqj— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) December 31, 2019
Source » theunionjournal