Hundreds of Iranian-backed activists stormed the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday.
Iraqi security forces failed to stop the siege of the US Embassy.
The Iraqi protesters were carrying Hezbollah flags.
The US ambassador and personnel were 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
Several pro-Iranian faction leaders were leading the raids today in Baghdad.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, founder and leader of Kata’ib Hizballah.
https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1212012370081599488
Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, a pro-Iranian militia responsible for several US deaths during the Iraq War was outside the US embassy.
https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1212018144178507777
And Badr Corps chief Hadi Ameri was leading the raids at the US Embassy in Baghdad today.
This same faction leader Hadi Ameri was once invited to the Obama White House!
Via Hanif Jazayeri.
Did you know Badr Corps chief Hadi Ameri, who led today's raid on the US Embassy in Iraq, was once invited to the @WhiteHouse by @BarackObama?
FYI: Ameri & the Badr Corps get their salary & orders from Iran's dictator Ali Khamenei.CC: @realDonaldTrump @VP @SecPompeo @PressSec pic.twitter.com/sEORXzSpNB
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) December 31, 2019
And here is Hadi Ameri meeting with Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
