US embassy in Baghdad suspends consular operations as pro-Iran protesters leave embassy perimeter a day after their dramatic incursion
Members of Iraqi security forces are seen in front of US embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al Shaabi , in Baghdad, Iraq, January 1, 2020.
Kataeb Hezbollah, the group targeted in the US raids, initially told AFP it would stay at the embassy. The protesters set up portable toilets and some 50 tents outside the perimeter wall vowing not to leave until US forces quit Iraq.Earlier on Wednesday morning, a truck delivered hundreds of mattresses in an indication of the protesters' plans."I spent the night here and I won't leave until the Americans leave and we enter the embassy," said one protester, who identified himself only as Abbas.Security personnel inside responded with tear gas, wounding several protesters.
President Donald Trump and other top US officials have blamed Iran for the storming of the embassy compound. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said around 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were prepared to deploy to the region in the coming days.
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