US Secretary of State Pompeo: Attack on embassy in Iraq 'orchestrated by terrorists'

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on January 1 said that attack on US embassy in Iraq was organised by terrorists, furr also naming those who were behind it. Pompeo took to Twitter to share information. He also shared photos that showed all four men outside US embassy in Iraq, which was attacked on Tuesday. 

On December 31, thousands of Iraqi Shiite militia supporters attacked US Embassy compound in Baghd while protesting against airstrikes that killed 25 pro-Iran fighters. According to media reports, some of protesters also marched through high-security checkpoints in military fatigues to which Iraqi forces didn’t react. mob broke into Embassy compound shouting “Death to America” and one of m hanged a poster on wall that re, “America is an aggressor”. US security forces stood at roof pointing guns at protestors while some marines fired tear gas and flash bangs to disperse aggressive crowd. 

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US President Donald Trump lashed out at Iran for “orchestrating” attack on American Embassy in Baghd. Referring to attack that killed an American contractor and injured many, Trump said that US retaliated to it and “always will”. Trump tified Iraqi government to use its forces for providing security to US Embassy. 

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Anger among pro-Iran groups

attack triggered anger across country, especially among pro-Iran voices, which forced el Abdel-Mahdi, currently a caretaker Prime Minister, to convey that he tried his best to stop airstrikes on targets within Iraq. Iraqi PM said that re was “insistence” from US officials to carry out attack. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said strikes were carried out to send a strong mess and “precision defensive strikes” were conducted at five sites of Hezbollah Briges.

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