U.S. Military Provides Security for U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad in the Wake of Protests

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, on December 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area. Photo by Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/U.S. Marine Corps/UPI