Iraqi Militia Storms U.S. Embassy Complex; Trump Blames Iran
- Guards opened fire, lobbed tear gas to quell the unrest
- Pentagon dispatches Apache copters, sending in more Marines
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Dozens of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters stormed the U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad on Tuesday to protest deadly U.S. airstrikes against their Iranian-backed force, as President Donald Trump blamed Tehran.
The Pentagon dispatched two AH-64 Apache helicopters to fly over the embassy in a show of force, and about 100 Marines already in the region will be sent to the compound to reinforce its defenses, a U.S. official said.