MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : TONIGHT IN BAGHDAD / SITUATION REPORT & REACTIONS SHAME ON CNN & NEW YORK TIMES ! –
Heshmat Alavi@HeshmatAlavi – 39 3h
for describing #Iran-backed militia members/supporters who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as “protesters” and “mourners.” This is low. Even for CNN & NYT.
OBAMAS MAN !
1h Iraqi Badr Corps Chief Who Led Today’s Raid on US Embassy in Baghdad — Was Once Invited to White House by BARACK OBAMA
46m The Marines reinforcing the U.S. embassy in Baghdad are with the special-purpose crisis response task force that commanders in the Middle East have available to them, U.S. military officials says. They work out of Kuwait.
24m The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was stormed by thousands of protesters enraged by U.S. air strikes on Iraq. Embassy guards fired tear gas and stun grenades on protesters who set fires and hurled stones. American troops and some staff were still inside https://reut.rs/2F8jCwT
Lindsey Graham@LindseyGrahamSC
5hVery proud of President @realDonaldTrump
acting decisively in the face of threats to our embassy in Baghdad. He has put the world on notice – there will be no Benghazis on his watch. (1/4)
Protesters try to storm US embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
1h US Embassy in Baghdad now. Main gate and reception on fire. Hezbollah flags raised on the wall. #Iraq #Iran
5h The attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad is straight from Iran’s playbook in 1979. It’s a sign of Iranian control over Shia militia groups, not a sign of Iraqi anti-Americanism. We must protect our citizens from Iranian belligerence.
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Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper@EsperDoD
2h The Department of Defense is working closely with the State Department to ensure the security of our Embassy and personnel in Baghdad.
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5h #Iraq Protesters in Streets since October want world to know they are not ones attacking US embassy in Baghdad. Two different protest movements in Iraq right now. One anti Government, one pro-Iran Militia (attacking embassy).
Omar Habeeb || عمر حبيب@TheOmarHabeeb 6h
يرجى من الجميع الكتابة بالردود ان هذه المظاهرات لا تمت الى مظاهرات #ساحة_التحرير بصلة و انما هذه مظاهرات سياسية .. فأن الخبر يتحدث عن توجه المتظاهرين الى السفارة الأمريكية https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1211979341837602816
Our US Embassy in Baghdad has US military personnel and diplomats who are very important to our country and especially their families back home. Iran supporting terrorist acts to directly harm their safety today must be met with an appropriate, fierce and powerful response.
3h Iran tries to deny its relationship with the militias surrounding the US Embassy in Baghdad. Yet these “Iraqi Protestors” wrote “Soleimani is my commander” on the wall of the US Embassy! Qasem Soleimani is the Iranian Major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
3h~100 U.S. Marines being sent to U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to bolster security: U.S. defense official. No plans to evacuate embassy personnel.
- 3h U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunship dropped flares over U.S. Embassy in Baghdad minutes ago in ‘show of force,’ officials say
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