Hundreds of Iranian-backed activists stormed the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. Iraqi security forces failed to stop the s...
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 Iraqi protesters were carrying Hezbollah flags.
The US ambassador and personnel were evacuated.
UPDATE— The Iranian-backed “protesters” scrawled, “Qassem Soleimani is our leader” on the US embassy wall. Soleimani is the leader of Iran’s Qods Force. He built the Iraqi militias.
Qassem Soleimani is leader of the Iranian al-Quds Force -— a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations.
The leader of pro-Iranian Shiite militias is at the protests today.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, founder and leader of Kata’ib Hizballah.
This gentleman, leading the protests, is Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, founder and leader of Kata’ib Hizballah. pic.twitter.com/kGnpmrDtPB— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, a pro-Iranian militia.
All of Qassem Soleimani's best friends joined the party at the US embassy in Baghdad. The handsome turbaned gentleman is, I believe, Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, a pro-Iranian militia. pic.twitter.com/z6sRc9NLmc— Mike (@Doranimated) December 31, 2019
Qais Khazali, served as a spokesman for the rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, in Iraq for years.
Qais Khazali, seen in a 2004 photo, has been a spokesman for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the past. (CNN)
English-speaking Iraqi terrorists, linked to Khazali, kidnapped and murdered 5 US soldiers near Karbala in January 2007.
Today Khazali is at the violent protests at the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Hadi al-Amiri, Qais al-Khazali, Faleh al-Fayyad, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis lead the demonstration in front of the US embassy building in Baghdad.#Iraq #Us #Iran pic.twitter.com/HLH1QaH60V— Kazem (@Kianoosh_sa1) December 31, 2019
Asaeb Ahl al-Haq chief Qais al-Khazali
Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, and many other senior leaders were among the protesters.— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) December 31, 2019
“Americans are unwanted in Iraq. They are a source of evil and we want them to leave,” Khazali told Reuters. https://t.co/P7PHhTFsqj
Today’s marches are led by Badr Corps head, Hadi al-Amiri, and AAH’s head, Qais al-Khazali.— Iraq Journal (@iraq_journal) December 31, 2019
Security sources say “ISF lost the control over the Green Zone, and failed to stop storming it by marchers.”#IraqJournal pic.twitter.com/Aug1YLD2FI
Heads of #Iran-backed militias among the crowd outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) December 31, 2019
-Asaeb Ahl al-Haq chief Qais al-Khazali
-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) chief Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes
-Badr Corps chief Hadi al-Ameri
And Iraqi National Security Advisor Falih Alfayyadh, very close to Tehran pic.twitter.com/Bqj5CNbtQj
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