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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/world/middleeast/us-embassy-baghdad-iraq.html
Iraq's Leaders Allowed Militias to Reach U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
(New York Times) Falih Hassan - The full withdrawal of the protesters at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad came after leaders of the Iranian-backed militias who had organized the demonstration received a commitment from Iraq's prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to move ahead with legislation to force American troops to withdraw from Iraq. Despite a 16-year American effort to establish a government friendlier to Western interests, at a cost of more than $1 trillion and 5,000 American lives, Iraq's leaders lined up in opposition to the American airstrikes on pro-Iran militias, and Iraqi security forces allowed the militias' supporters to reach the American diplomatic compound. Some people wearing the uniforms of the Iraqi security forces were even seen attacking the compound.