{"id":1625575,"date":"2022-08-29T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625575"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:49:41","slug":"u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-evacuated-after-rioters-storm-presidential-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-evacuated-after-rioters-storm-presidential-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Evacuated After Rioters Storm Presidential Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fu-s-embassy-in-baghdad-evacuated-after-rioters-storm-presidential-palace%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=1625575&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--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">International News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Aug 29, 2022 2:50 PM<br \/>\n                                    EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                                Muqtada al Sadr announced on Monday that he was leaving politics, spurring Shiites to riot and breach the presidential palace.\n                            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>It was reported on Monday that the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/nancy-pelosi-cant-tell-the-difference-between-ukraine-and-iraq\">Iraq<\/a> was breached, and that the US embassy was reportedly evacuated. There were reports of US embassy employees seen leaving the embassy, and evacuating the Green Zone, via helicopter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Muqtada al Sadr announced on Monday that he was leaving politics, spurring Shiites to riot and breach the presidential palace. Al Sadr is their biggest political leader in Iraq and once led militias during the war. &#8220;I hereby announce my final withdrawal,&#8221; al-Sadr said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>A riot broke out inside the Presidential Palace as people stormed in and law enforcement attempted to hold them back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Riots inside the 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\/RxAfPffOKm\">pic.twitter.com\/RxAfPffOKm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tammuz Intel (@Tammuz_Intel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tammuz_Intel\/status\/1564226646042984448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>US embassy employees could be seen leaving the embassy, and evacuating the Green Zone, via helicopter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Embassy employees being evacuated from the roof in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CScpVVB0k4\">pic.twitter.com\/CScpVVB0k4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1564258026055471104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>It was in the wake of this announcement that al Sadr&#8217;s supporters stormed the palace, which is inside Baghdad&#8217;s fortified Green Zone containing government buildings. Barriers were pulled down under the force of hundreds of people who used ropes to breach the barricades.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Once inside, they &#8220;rushed into its lavish salons and marbled halls, a key meeting place for Iraqi heads of state and foreign dignitaries,&#8221; Al Jazeera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/8\/29\/al-sadr-withdraws-from-iraqi-politics-after-months-of-tensions\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Influential Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced that he is quitting politics, in a move that could further inflame tensions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahmud81?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mahmud81<\/a> reports LIVE from Iraq ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5n1mGKqDd\">pic.twitter.com\/y5n1mGKqDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\/status\/1564244999721689095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Al Sadr&#8217;s supporters have been calling for the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament. Al Sadr said as part of his statement that his calls for reform had no been heeded.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Monday\u2019s announcement came two days after al-Sadr said &#8216;all parties&#8217;, including his own should, give up government positions in order to help resolve the months-long political crisis, while calling on those who &#8216;have been part of the political process&#8217; since the United States-led invasion of the country in 2003 to &#8216;no longer participate&#8217;,&#8221; Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Reuters shared photos of civilians enjoying the spoils of the Presidential Palace after breaching its defenses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/photo_2022-08-29-10.22.08.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Trump had ordered the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/trump-orders-troops-out-of-afghanistan-and-iraq\">removal of American troops<\/a> from Iraq in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                    We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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