Iraqi protesters storm U.S. embassy in Baghdad

    Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-01 03:09:51|Editor: huaxia
    Video PlayerClose

    Protesters set fire to a guard room outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

    Hundreds of demonstrators on Tuesday stormed and set fire to the U.S. embassy in Iraq's capital Baghdad during their mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed by a U.S. bombardment in Iraq two days ago.

    BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of demonstrators, participating in mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed by U.S. attack in Iraq, stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday, a security official said.

    Many of the protesters, wearing Hashd Shaabi's military uniforms, rallied outside the embassy chanting slogans condemning airstrikes by the U.S. forces against Hashd Shaabi bases in Iraq.

    The protest then turned violent as protesters set ablaze a guard tower and the outer gate of the embassy, an official from the Iraqi Interior Ministry told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

    Protesters try to set fire to the outside fence of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

    Afterwards, the protesters managed to broke into an outer yard of the embassy, but were repelled by the security forces who deployed tear gas against them, the source said.

    The clash left some 20 protesters wounded and suffocated, according to a statement by the Hashd Shaabi website.

    The demonstrators later set up tents in front of the entrance of the U.S. embassy for a sit-in protest, while some of them wrote on the wall of the embassy "closed in the name of the people."

    Protesters gather in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

    Local media aired photos showing Qais al-Khazali, head of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq militia, and top Hashd Shaabi leader Hadi Al Amri and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis participating in the protest.

    Iraqi security forces then arrived at the scene.

    The office of Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, in a statement, called on the demonstrators to leave immediately, saying that "any attack on foreign embassies is an act that will be strictly prevented by the security forces, and will be punished severely by the law."

    Another statement by the office said the prime minister declared a three-day mourning starting on Tuesday for the Hashd Shaabi members killed in the attack.

    Protesters gather in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

    Meanwhile, Jaafar al-Husseini, spokesman of Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) militia told local media that the protesters had "no intention to attack the U.S. embassy, but the sit-in is to continue until the embassy is closed and the U.S. ambassador is expelled."

    The protest came two days after the U.S. forces bombarded headquarters of Hashd Shaabi's 45th and 46th Brigades, leaving 25 killed and 51 injured.

    A U.S. military statement said that U.S. forces attacked on Sunday evening five bases of KH in Iraq and Syria in response to repeated attacks by KH against U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq.

    KEY WORDS:
    EXPLORE XINHUANET
    010020070750000000000000011102121386700751
    主站蜘蛛池模板: 99精品在线播放| 久久精品影院永久网址| 老师你的兔子好软水好多的车视频 | 欧美成人精品第一区| 又爽又黄又无遮挡的视频| 精品丝袜国产自在线拍亚洲| 大学生初次破苞免费视频| 丰满人妻被黑人中出849| 欧美性猛交xxx猛交| 免费人成在线观看视频播放| 超级乱淫视频aⅴ播放视频| 国产精品亚洲欧美日韩区| a级特黄的片子| 成人毛片在线播放| 久久无码无码久久综合综合| 欧美日韩一区二区三区自拍| 免费大学生国产在线观看p| 色吊丝永久性观看网站大全| 国产成人精品一区二区三区免费 | 欧美性xxxxx极品娇小| 八戒久久精品一区二区三区| 蜜桃麻豆www久久国产精品| 国产欧美精品一区二区| 91精品视频在线| 好吊色青青青国产综合在线观看| 久久久91精品国产一区二区| 最近中文字幕免费mv视频7| 亚洲欧美日韩另类精品一区二区三区| 秋霞鲁丝片一区二区三区| 国产A√精品区二区三区四区| 黄网站欧美内射| 国产精品久久国产三级国不卡顿 | 午夜精品一区二区三区在线视| 久久久久久久久影院| 欧美性狂猛xxxxxbbbbb| 偷天宝鉴在线观看| 综合欧美日韩一区二区三区 | 国产国产成人精品久久| 两个人看的www免费视频中文| 国模吧双双大尺度炮交gogo| jizz中文字幕|