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The Anti-Benghazi Response: Hezbollah Mob Retreats After Reinforcements Successfully Defend U.S. Embassy
Beth Baumann | @eb454 | Posted: Jan 01, 2020 11:10 AM
Source: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed
Supporters and members of Kataib Hezbollah attempted to ambush the American embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday. President Donald Trump responded by sending military reinforcements in to defend the embassy.
According to the Wall Street Journal, members of the mob used a metal pole "to ram the entrance to an office on the perimeter of the embassy compound that issues security badges." Security staff made their way to the roof the building where they fired tear-gas grenades to keep the crowd back. Apache helicopters dropped flares overhead, a clear show of force. And Marines were sent in from Kuwait to help strengthen the embassy's security.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon deployed 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to nearby military bases where they will wait until they are needed in Baghdad. Additional troops are being deployed over the next few days.
The mob retreated on Wednesday after the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), "an umbrella body for dozens of militia groups including factions aligned with Iran," told the mob they made it clear they wanted American troops to leave Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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