By Debra Heine at American Greatness
August 29, 2022
Hundreds of Shiite protesters stormed Iraq’s presidential palace, and U.S. Embassy employees were evacuated from a roof in Baghdad Monday, amid ongoing demonstrations throughout the country.
A city-wide curfew for civilians and vehicles was announced on Monday to quell rising tensions.
The uprising came after Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential Shiite cleric, announced that he was his resigning from politics.
Protesters breached the presidential palace in Baghdad, chanting anti-Iran slogans such as “Iraq’s Federal Court in Hands of Iran’s IRGC,” according to a video released on Monday.
Photos show Al-Sadr’s supporters swimming in the pool of the Government Palace during the protest.
Another video posted on social media Monday purports to show U.S. Embassy employees in Baghdad being evacuated from a roof by military helicopter for safety. “The US embassy employees have been evacuated from the #Green_Zone by the helicopter,” tweeted Syrian journalist Khaled Iskef. READ MORE….