Trump Blames Iran For Attack On U.S. Embassy In Iraq

BAGHDAD — The heavily guarded compound of the United States Embassy in Baghdad was attacked Tuesday by protesters who lit fires inside to express their anger over American airstrikesthat killed 24 members of an Iranian-backed militia over the weekend, The New York Times reported.

The men did not enter the main embassy buildings and later withdrew from the compound, joining thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside who chanted “Death to America,” threw rocks, covered the walls with graffiti and demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from Iraq, the Times reported.

President Trump blamed Iran for both the death of the American contractor and the storming of the embassy compound.

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