{"id":1625566,"date":"2022-08-29T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625566"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:34:52","slug":"watch-iraqs-presidential-palace-breached-u-s-embassy-employees-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-iraqs-presidential-palace-breached-u-s-embassy-employees-evacuated\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Iraq\u2019s Presidential Palace Breached; U.S. Embassy Employees Evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-iraqs-presidential-palace-breached-u-s-embassy-employees-evacuated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625566&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Protesters breached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iraq\u2019s<\/a> presidential palace on Monday after an influential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/islam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shiite<\/a> cleric announced his resignation from politics.<\/p>\n<p>A video released on Monday showed U.S. Embassy employees in Baghdad being evacuated by military helicopter for safety.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The US embassy employees have been evacuated from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Green_Zone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Green_Zone<\/a>\u00a0by the helicopter.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baghdad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HLZerzb0ja\">pic.twitter.com\/HLZerzb0ja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0633\u0643\u064a\u0641 (@khalediskef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khalediskef\/status\/1564243963577614340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The leaders\u2019 statement was in response to the retirement of the Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, who counts many of al-Sadr\u2019s supporters as followers. On Sunday, al-Haeri announced he was stepping down and called on his followers to support Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instead of the Shia spiritual center in Najaf, Iraq.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presidential palace. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baghdad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQ9BAt2sl9\">pic.twitter.com\/wQ9BAt2sl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tammuz Intel (@Tammuz_Intel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tammuz_Intel\/status\/1564222680114647042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response, several hundred protesters breached the concrete barriers outside the palace gates and stormed the building. Iraq\u2019s military issued a curfew and has called on protesters to leave immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Some protesters have decided to stay despite the warning, with video surfacing of intruders enjoying the palace swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u062b\u0644\u0645\u0627 \u062d\u0635\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0633\u0631\u064a\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0643\u0627<\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0646\u0635\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062f\u0631\u064a \u064a\u0633\u0628\u062d\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0633\u0628\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zHPq636nF\">pic.twitter.com\/5zHPq636nF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0634\u0627\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0629\u062f\u0627\u063a\u064a (@shahokurdy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shahokurdy\/status\/1564224969785184257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside of the palace, other protesters were recorded fleeing from gunfire in the background. The Jerusalem Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-715830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the gunfire was believed to be from the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) firing to stop demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heavy gunfire can be heard in the background. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baghdad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqAy7SyqnB\">pic.twitter.com\/mqAy7SyqnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tammuz Intel (@Tammuz_Intel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tammuz_Intel\/status\/1564251508732043271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly been evacuated as a safety precaution.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos comes almost one year after U.S. military forces exited Afghanistan on August 31 after two decades of operations following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks on America.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the unrest in Iraq, 21 people were killed and 33 were injured in a bombing in Afghanistan\u2019s capital city of Kabul earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/at-least-21-killed-in-kabul-mosque-bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attacks, promising that \u201cperpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and will be punished.\u201d Despite the statement, the attack shows that the persistent violence that has plagued the country for decades may be far from over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters breached Iraq\u2019s presidential palace on Monday after an influential Shiite cleric announced his resignation from politics. A video released on Monday showed U.S. Embassy employees in Baghdad being evacuated by military helicopter for safety. The US embassy employees have been evacuated from the #Green_Zone\u00a0by the helicopter.#Baghdad, #Iraq pic.twitter.com\/HLZerzb0ja \u2014 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0633\u0643\u064a\u0641 (@khalediskef) August 29, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1625568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1625568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}