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

Protestors gather outside the Baghdad Embassy Compound during a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2 reinforcement mission in Iraq, December 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area. Photo by Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/U.S. Marine Corps/UPI