Posted on 12/31/2019 5:18:16 AM PST by mairdie
Security guards were seen retreating inside the embassy earlier on Tuesday as protesters hurled bottles and smashed security cameras outside the buildings.
Flames rose from the compound as furious rioters pressed up against the bullet-proof windows within the complex, taunting the US soldiers within and spraying pro-Hezbollah graffiti over the glass.
Half a dozen US marine guards fired warning shots from the rooftops, followed by tear gas and stun grenades, at rioters who set blazes and smashed up barricades on the ground.
Hundreds of angry protesters, many in military fatigues, set up tents outside the embassy and set fire to trailers used by security guards along the embassy wall.
Twenty people have been reported injured in the carnage.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi pleaded with the mob against any aggression towards foreign embassies and representations in Baghdad, asking protesters outside the U.S. embassy to leave 'immediately.'
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Iran needs to be bombed anyways. We have to stop them from making nuclear weapons as they will use them.
Close down all ME embassies and bring every American home. It’s not worth our time or lives.
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What kind of military did the Saudis have back in the 1950's? They were nothing but camel jockeys. Any resistance would have been crushed in hours. Hell, even on the 1970's when OPEC decided to boycott the US, they were nothing (in fact they are STILL nothing - how long did it take to defeat Iraq...the 4th biggest military at the time)
When OPEC decided to boycott the USA, the USA should have picked one country, invaded it, taken over the oil fields...and then ask what OPEC country wanted to be next.
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