Iraq protesters attack US embassy over strikes

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Iraqi demonstrators carry the coffin of a fellow protestor who was killed during an anti-government protest the previous day, on November 27, 2019 in the central city of Karbala. - Iraqi anti-government protesters blocked roads with burning tyres in the country's south, as schools and public offices stayed shut a day after deadly clashes with security forces, as part of the biggest wave of protests since 2003, leaving more than 350 people dead and around 15,000 wounded since early October. (Photo by Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)

Several thousand protesters attacked the US embassy in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday in anger at US air strikes that killed more than two dozen paramilitary fighters at the weekend.

They marched through checkpoints that usually restrict access to Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone, chanting “Death to America,” burning US flags and and holding posters calling for the embassy to be shut down.

They pulled security cameras off the wall as Iraqi security forces tried to keep them back.

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