The US is sending roughly 100 more Marines to defend the embassy in Baghdad after violent protesters stormed the gate

Posted on AllSides December 31st, 2019
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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the US is sending in additional forces to defend the US embassy in Baghdad after violent protesters stormed the gates earlier in the day following US airstrikes on Iran-backed Iraqi militias, strikes carried out in retaliation for a rocket attack on a local base that killed a US civilian contractor and wounded several others.

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