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Iran-Backed Militias 'Withdraw' From US Embassy After Security Forces Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas....
.theepochtimes ^ | 1/1/2020 | ZACHARY STIEBER

Posted on 01/01/2020 9:17:47 AM PST by caww

The huge embassy, built along the banks of the Tigris River in central Baghdad’s fortified “green zone” during American occupation following the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, 'is the biggest U.S. diplomatic mission in the world'.

Iran-backed militias withdrew from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Jan. 1 ...The withdrawal came a day after a mix of protesters and militia members and supporters stormed the embassy’s outer walls, prompting a contingent of U.S. Marines to deploy from Kuwait.... Some 100 Marines arrived 'just before midnight' from Kuwait to reinforce the security forces at the embassy.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the United States was sending about 750 additional troops to the Middle East after Tuesday’s attack on the embassy.

“This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities, such as we witnessed in Baghdad today,” he said in a statement. “The United States will protect our people and interests anywhere they are found around the world.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Tuesday on Fox News that there were no plans to evacuate the embassy or pull out any of the 5,000 troops in Iraq.

“The embassy is being monitored. It’s safe. The actions that we took today were prudent. Under President Trump’s direction, our team worked together today to quickly, decisively, prudently take the appropriate responses to keep our American people safe,” Pompeo said during an appearance on CBS.

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To: ASA Vet

Every one of those “demonstrators” should have been administered the Room Temperature Challenge.


21 posted on 01/01/2020 9:46:04 AM PST by Senormechanico
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To: caww

“Trump’s Benghazi” as the dumb people on CNN and MSNBC called it...

Not hardly...


22 posted on 01/01/2020 9:46:13 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: caww; MeganC
They should have all left in body bags.

For the record, I was only 15 when Iraq broke out, but I knew even then we were scrwed when they called it "Operation: Iraqi Freedom"

We should have called it "Operation: Burn Down your house and Sh*t on your couch because we are Star-Spangled Mother ******rs and that's how we roll".

But no. Another mess left to the grown ups to handle.

23 posted on 01/01/2020 9:47:22 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: lurk

Golf balls.

One of these would do the trick:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger

A GE Mini would work too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun


24 posted on 01/01/2020 9:48:16 AM PST by sasquatch
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To: Diogenesis
"they were egged on, and funded by, and armed by Obama, Jarrett and their Iranian gang."

Puh-lease. The Mad Mullahs don't give a crap what Obama/Jarrett say. Although being totalitarian/theology dictators, they're not so stupid to rely on past power. They know who is control today. They are testing this President's mettle in a different way. I doubt we see captive sailors on an Iranian patrol boat without Trump putting a major hurt on those SOB's.

I'm glad this Embassy thing was resolved. Unfortunately, the Mullahs will keep testing our resolve.

And yes, I'm still for bunker-busting their nuke facilities. I think we should do the same with the Norks.

25 posted on 01/01/2020 9:48:34 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: bigbob

“Trump’s Benghazi”

Very different from Obama’s “Stand Down.”


26 posted on 01/01/2020 9:55:25 AM PST by cookcounty (Susan Rice: G Gordon Liddy times 10.)
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To: caww
They need to be using VKS launched Pepperballs
27 posted on 01/01/2020 9:58:23 AM PST by SC DOC
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To: A Navy Vet

Iran will keep pushing until there is no other option but war which is what they fervently desire.


28 posted on 01/01/2020 9:58:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: bigbob

I think the “Benghazi” coverage from our MSM was the play by the Iranians. It is pretty easy to predict the response by our media who are focused on anything they can needle Trump with.

However, the Iranians made a major error in the timing of their “protests.” They chose a time when most of our media was off from work as were their masters in the DNC who were unavailable to provide the talking points we hear the MSM parrot over and over.

Had they done this next week it would have been much more effective as our media would have been able to hysterically spin the event into a major catastrophe for Trump.


29 posted on 01/01/2020 10:02:18 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: PIF
"Iran will keep pushing until there is no other option but war which is what they fervently desire."

I believe that also due to their fatalist belief about some Imman crawling out of some well. They are insane enough to push us to their extinction. That's why I say attack their nuke facilities, yesterday. While we're at it, take out King John Um's facilities. With a barrage of bunker-busters and cruise missles and tactical nukes, Fatboy wouldn't unleash his armor installations on Seoul, and probably being eating his fingernails down to the bone in his bunker.

30 posted on 01/01/2020 10:23:38 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: Senormechanico
I have no problem with that after they've been provided the opportunity to have a proper interrogation.

The first Commie Congress Critter that mutters "torture," gets to take their place.

31 posted on 01/01/2020 10:44:10 AM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: caww

Where were the Iraqi troops?


32 posted on 01/01/2020 10:46:38 AM PST by Eagles6
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To: caww

A Marine Corps veteran told me about what he saw when the enemy attacked the American airbase at Da Nang. He said that U.S. helicopters lifted off and hovered while the door gunners rained hot lead on the Viet Cong below. I hope they have some armed helicopters at the American embassy.


33 posted on 01/01/2020 10:59:00 AM PST by forgotten man
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To: lurk

Rubber Sabot rounds are no joke. They leave a long lasting welt under your skin the size of a golf ball. They can blind you. If you catch one in the junk, your not walking anytime soon. Really fun to skip them off the ground into people’s mid section.


34 posted on 01/01/2020 11:32:42 AM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: SC DOC

Pepper balls fresh out of the freezer work really really well !


35 posted on 01/01/2020 11:35:40 AM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Starboard
The rubber bullets were used because there might have been a few civilian protestors among the militia. This is still in a foreign country and there are PR issues at work.

Iran and the militia behind this will get their asses kicked. Don't worry about that.

36 posted on 01/01/2020 11:59:43 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: caww

They withdrew because they were laughing too hard to keep up the protest.


37 posted on 01/01/2020 12:04:52 PM PST by bgill
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To: caww

Rubber Bullets??
Protesters Outside??

Have they ever heard of NAPALM??


38 posted on 01/01/2020 12:41:47 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: RedStateRocker

WHY the hell was even one left alive after they broke in?
........................................
Took the words right out of my mouth. And that raghead leader should be put on notice that if it happens again he will be personally targeted for extinction.


39 posted on 01/01/2020 1:00:28 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Certified Commmander of The Local Trump Cult)
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To: caww
Oops, I put in the wrong magazine. Ever so sorry...
40 posted on 01/01/2020 1:00:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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