US Marines fired tear gas at the Iran-backed militia and their supporters early on Wednesday as the siege outside the US embassy in Baghdad continued for a second day. Iraqi flags were seen being flown, as well as the yellow of Kataeb Hezbollah
Sputnik: US Embassy Attackers Are ‘Same People’ Killing Peaceful Iraqi Protesters - Activist
While Washington leaders have attempted to draw parallels between the Iraqi protesters demonstrating peacefully for months and the violent group who attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, the truth is that nonviolent protesters have also been victims of these violent groups, an Iraqi-American activist told Sputnik.
Several hundred protesters stormed the International Zone (IZ) in central Baghdad on Tuesday, laying siege to the US Embassy there and prompting police to fire tear gas into the crowd.
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WNU Editor: An eye-opening report on what is the Iraqi sentiment towards these embassy "protesters". And what is even more surprising about this report is that it is from Russian media, not from a Western news source.
