Osiris-ODS
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I wonder how popular he'll be among the Americans involved in the response to the U.S. Embassy attack in Iraq and their families?
100 U.S. Marines, two Apache helicopters reinforcing embassy in Baghdad after attack
A detachment of 100 Marines is deploying to Iraq to reinforce security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after Iraqi protesters supportive of an Iran-backed Shiite militia attempted to storm the compound, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
The Marines were requested by the U.S. State Department[.] Two Apache attack helicopters are providing over watch.
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The Marines are part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response — Central Command and came from Kuwait, according to a tweet from the Marine unit. ...
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Many of the past embassy missions have used Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response — Central Command, which was created after the 2012 attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of four Americans.
The protesters who stormed the U.S. embassy in Iraq were angry over Sunday’s airstrikes by U.S. forces against the Iran-backed militia and broke through the main door of the embassy and cried “Down, Down, USA!” according to The Associated Press.
100 U.S. Marines, two Apache helicopters reinforcing embassy in Baghdad after attack
100 U.S. Marines, two Apache helicopters reinforcing embassy in Baghdad after attack
A detachment of 100 Marines is deploying to Iraq to reinforce security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after Iraqi protesters supportive of an Iran-backed Shiite militia attempted to storm the compound, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
The Marines were requested by the U.S. State Department[.] Two Apache attack helicopters are providing over watch.
...
The Marines are part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response — Central Command and came from Kuwait, according to a tweet from the Marine unit. ...
...
Many of the past embassy missions have used Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response — Central Command, which was created after the 2012 attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of four Americans.
The protesters who stormed the U.S. embassy in Iraq were angry over Sunday’s airstrikes by U.S. forces against the Iran-backed militia and broke through the main door of the embassy and cried “Down, Down, USA!” according to The Associated Press.
100 U.S. Marines, two Apache helicopters reinforcing embassy in Baghdad after attack