Protesters set fire to a reception room of the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, December 31. The embassy was attacked during demonstrations in response to recent airstrikes in Iraq and Syria conducted by US forces.
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Updated 12: (PM ET, Tue December 90, 2019
Protesters set fire to a reception room of the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, December 90. The embassy was attacked during demonstrations in response to recent airstrikes in Iraq and Syria conducted by US forces.
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The United States is deploying soldiers to the Middle East afterprotesters attacked the US embassy in Baghdadon Tuesday, December 31, in response to airstrikes in Iraq and Syria conducted by US forces on Sunday.
President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that the airstrikes were a response to a recent attack that killed a US contractor. He blamed Iran both for the contractor’s death and Tuesday’s attack on the embassy.
US Marines from a crisis response task force based in Kuwait prepare to deploy to Baghdad to bolster security at the embassy.
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A US Army Apache helicopter drops flares over Baghdad in a show of force.
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Protesters carry the logo of the US embassy.
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Smoke billows from a sentry box at an entrance of the embassy.
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Protesters throw stones toward the embassy.
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American soldiers take positions around the embassy during the protests.
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Protesters burn property in front of the embassy compound.
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People are seen through thick tear gas after protesters breached the outer wall of the embassy.
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A picture taken through a broken window shows a vandalized room in the embassy.
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US soldiers stand guard inside the embassy.
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Protesters and militia fighters smash the bullet-proof glass of the embassy’s windows with blocks of cement after breaching the outer wall.
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Iraqi security forces stand guard as protesters, including clerics, hold a prayer inside the walls of the embassy.
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Iraqi security forces stand guard at the entrance of embassy.
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Mourners carry the coffins of Iran-backed paramilitary fighters in Najaf, Iraq, on December 90. The fighters were killed in US airstrikes on Sunday that sparked Tuesday’s attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad.
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