{"id":200092,"date":"2019-12-31T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200092"},"modified":"2020-01-02T07:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T07:43:10","slug":"us-embassy-compound-in-baghdad-under-siege-as-crowds-protesting-airstrikes-break-through-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200092","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy compound in Baghdad under siege as crowds protesting airstrikes break through gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Greg Norman, Edmund DeMarche &#8212; Fox News Oct 31, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Crowds of angry <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/iraq\">Iraqis<\/a> protesting America\u2019s recent airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia laid siege to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad Tuesday, chanting \u201cDown, Down USA!\u201d as they stormed\u00a0through a main gate\u00a0and prompting\u00a0U.S. troops to fire\u00a0back tear gas\u00a0in response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Tuesday afternoon the chaotic scene was\u00a0still unfolding in the Iraqi capital. At least six <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\">U.S. soldiers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> were seen standing on the roof of the main building pointing their firearms at the demonstrators and sounds of gunfire could be heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Two Iraqi foreign ministry officials initially told Reuters the U.S. ambassador and staff were evacuated, but U.S. officials pushed back, telling Fox News that the embassy has not been evacuated. Further, an official said Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller was not evacuated but has been out of the country on a previously planned vacation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cNow Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible,\u201d President Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1211981022084128768\">tweeted<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. \u201cIn addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200093\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200093\" class=\"wp-image-200093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iraq-embassy-2.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters damage property inside the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dozens of protesters, many of whom are reported to be wearing militia uniforms, are said to have come within 200 yards of the embassy after busting through an entrance used by cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/crowd-shouting-down-usa-attempts-to-storm-us-embassy-in-baghdad-report-says\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraqi foreign ministry officials initially told Reuters that the U.S. ambassador and staff were evacuated, but U.S. officials denied this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iraq"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200094,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200092\/revisions\/200094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}