Good detective work!! That’s exactly why I try to verify anything I see on Twitter.
Security at the U.S. Embassy was strengthened and some staff members sent elsewhere in Iraq and to neighboring Jordan, the State Department said. A military official said about 150 Marines have been sent to Baghdad to help with embassy security.
The State Department issued a travel warning for Iraq Sunday night that cautioned U.S. citizens to avoid “all but essential travel to Iraq.”
“Baghdad International Airport has been struck by mortar rounds and rockets, and the Mosul International Airport has been the target of militant assault,” the travel warning added.