Security personnel at the US Embassy in Baghdad fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters on Wednesday, as demonstrations at the compound entered a second day.
Protesters were seen trying to climb the embassy's exterior walls, an eyewitness -- who asked not to be named for security reasons -- told CNN.Others said the protesters were hurling rocks at the building and trying to set fire to its walls and to the security booths at the main entrance.US soldiers fire tear gas in response to a protest by pro-Iranian militiamen and supporters at the US Embassy in Baghdad on January 1, 2020.
US sending additional forces to protect embassy threatened by protesters in Iraq"This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against US personnel and facilities, such as we witnessed in Baghdad today," he said in a statement. "The United States will protect our people and interests anywhere they are found around the world," Esper added.Trump insisted in a tweet Tuesday that the embassy was safe.
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