December 31, 2019 Rep. Adam Kinzinger applauds Trump's Iran response after attack on US Embassy in Baghdad Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., applauded President Trump's response to rising tensions with Iran following the attack at a U.S. Embassy compound in Iraq earlier Tuesday.
December 31, 2019 Pompeo: US will hold Iran 'accountable' for any 'malign activity,' after Baghdad embassy attack Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to the Tuesday attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad by suspected Iranian-backed militants, telling ӣƵ' Mike Emanuel that Tehran will always be held accountable for any "malign activity."
December 31, 2019 Benghazi team member: Iraq's response to Baghdad embassy attack a 'slap in the face,' Iran must be punished Retired Marine Corps Sgt. John "Tig" Tiegen, one of the four men who defended the Libyan consulate in Benghazi during the 2012 attack there, said the Iraqi government's slow response to a deadly attack on the U.S. embassy is a "slap in the face."
December 31, 2019 Progressive group under fire for taunting Trump by calling violent Baghdad protests his 'Benghazi' A progressive veterans PAC is under fire for a tweet suggesting hope that the violent protests that erupted at the US embassy on Baghdad would go down as President Trump's "Benghazi."
December 31, 2019 Trump threatens Iran after attack on embassy compound: ‘They will pay a very BIG PRICE!’ President Trump warned Iran that the country “will pay a very BIG PRICE!” for the break-in at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday.
December 31, 2019 NY Times tweet on 'Iraqi mourners' storming Baghdad embassy prompts backlash online The New York Times is facing backlash for referring to the violent protestors who tried to storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday as "Iraqi mourners."
December 31, 2019 US Embassy compound in Baghdad targeted by mob protesting airstrikes; sit-in planned Crowds of angry Iraqis protesting America’s recent airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia have laid siege to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad Tuesday, chanting “Down, Down USA!” and storming through a main gate, prompting U.S. guards to fire back tear gas in response.
December 31, 2019 Jim Hanson: US should attack Iran in response to attack on our embassy in Iraq The time has come to take military action against Iran, following the attack it orchestrated Tuesday on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
December 31, 2019 Dan Hoffman: US embassy attack in Baghdad plays into Iran’s goal of getting American troops to leave Iraq Former CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman reacted to crowds of angry Iraqis protesting America’s recent airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia laid siege to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad Tuesday saying it was carried out to try and achieve Iran’s goal of getting American troops to leave Iraq.
December 31, 2019 Joe Kent: After embassy siege in Iraq, here is the way forward in Mideast for US For too long we've believed the U.S. had been successful in building a real government in Iraq, one that could be a strategic partner in the region.