Iran Press/Middle East: Iraqi protesters one day after storming the US embassy compound in Baghdad and setting fire to the entrance gate, on Wednesday again gathered near the embassy compound to show their anger at a US airstrike which targeted Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces on Sunday in Al-Anbar province.
Protesters tried to storm the US embassy in Baghdad for a second day, with reportedly US marines firing tear gas on the protesters this morning.
Some 50 tents were shipped in as hundreds of the furious protesters prepared a sit-in at the embassy's gates, demanding the withdrawal of US military forces from their country, Iran Press reported.
This morning, the crowds drew closer to the single wall separating them and the larger diplomatic compound, setting US flags on fire and eventually the wall of the compound itself.
US Embassy security forces shot stun grenades to disperse protesters on Wednesday
US soldiers inside fired tear gas at the protesters, several of whom were reported wounded. A cordon of Iraqi security forces and reinforcements from the federal police arrived and the brief skirmishes calmed.
Last Sunday, US drones targeted brigades 45 and 46 of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi in the al-Qa'im city on the Iraq-Syria border in al-Anbar province. At least 25 people were martyred and 51 others were wounded in this attack.
Demonstrators attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday 31 December to condemn US airstrikes, causing Iraqi security forces and compound guards to fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.
The United States is immediately deploying 750 additional troops to the Middle East and more in the coming days after Iraqi protesters stormed the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. 101/211/205
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