Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
US Amb. to Iraq & remaining staff at US Embassy leave Baghdad through the Iraqi capital's International Airport.

This follows recent U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah positions & Tehran-backed groups vowing retaliation.

https://twitter.com/AlHadath/status/1211906043741196293

#BREAKING
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Supporters of #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah burning American flags and attempting to storming the U.S. Embassy, according to Sky News Arabia.

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/1211930683591053313

Hundreds of Iraqis, shouting “Down, down USA!” attempt to storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following U.S. airstrikes this week that killed dozens of members from an #Iran-backed militia in Iraq.

My take:
Tehran-linked groups organized this rally.
apnews.com/75228a8a607a44…

Heads of #Iran-backed militias among the crowd outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
-Asaeb Ahl al-Haq chief Qais al-Khazali
-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) chief Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes
-Badr Corps chief Hadi al-Ameri

And Iraqi National Security Advisor Falih Alfayyadh, very close to Tehran

#BREAKING
U.S. military personnel inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Footage taken by an individual inside the Iraqi crowd outside the Embassy.

Also, reports indicate Iraqi security forces fire tear gas into the crowd.

Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Supporters of #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah reaching the information desk inside the U.S. Embassy compound.

My take:
Tehran is staging this scene to claim the Iraqi people oppose the U.S. strikes against Iran-backed militias.

Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Footage of a security tower burning inside the U.S Embassy compound.

Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Crowd gathered by #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia burning the U.S Embassy outside wall.

#BREAKING
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Sky News Arabia reporting "protesters are being removed from the U.S. Embassy compound."

(Images of today's unrest)

Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Images of today's unrest inside the U.S. Embassy compound as supporters of the #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah storm the facility & launch a riot.

#BREAKING
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Reports indicate U.S. forces inside the U.S. Embassy firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.
(Credit: @ELINTNews)

Footage of an earlier scene.

@ELINTNews #BREAKING
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
U.S. Embassy Protection force took up positions on the facility roof overlooking the main gate.
(Credit: @aldin_ww)

Other images of unrest included.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww Me thinking:
Interesting how for months hundreds of thousands of Iraqi protesters have been held back from Baghdad's Green Zone by Iraqi security forces.
Yet today, 20,000 "protesters" (according to Al-Hadath) easily penetrate the compound.
Hmm...

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq

Left:
An Iraqi inside the U.S. Embassy compound holding a cloth with the image of #Iran's dictator @Khamenei_ir.

Right:
Twitter & MSM describing the crowd storming the compound as "mourners."

#Hypocrisy

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Iraqi counter terrorism units dispatched to the U.S. Embassy compound.

My take:
This is all part of #Iran/Qasem Soleimani's scenario, now helping the Iraqi gov save face.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir Quoting an excellent point by @bjoernstritzel

"These thugs with backpacks, military fatigues & [#Iran-backed] Kataib Hezbollah flags can freely attack the US Embassy [in Baghdad] while unarmed Iraqi protesters are slaughtered by Hashd & their IRGC overlords."

#Hyocrisy

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel U.S. airstrikes pound 5 bases of #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah on Syria-Iraq border.

Tehran's response:
Dispatch these clowns of the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) to storm the U.S. Embassy, only to be pushed back by tear gas & play around with a security camera.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Not surprised at all to see @CNN describe the supporters of #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia storming the U.S. Embassy as "protesters."

My take:
CNN is in the game of ruining the image of true Iraqi protesters.

Shame.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
More signs of the entire U.S. Embassy storming charade today is a propaganda scheme orchestrated by the regime in #Iran & Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Scenes of #Iran-backed militia members & supporters attacking U.S. Embassy gates.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Quoting
@thestevennabil

"Iraqi supporters in Tahrir square refuse to be associated with [#Iran-backed] militia members attacking the U.S Embassy inside the Green Zone."

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil Of course, #Iran can thank you, @bhrodes, for the $150 bn in credit & $1.7 bn in cash from the 2015 nuclear deal. Much of the money was probably used to support these militias today storming the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/1211989377137725440

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Signs of #Iran-backed militias - not "protesters" as described by MSM - storming the US Embassy.

Graffiti reads:
"Qassim Sulaimani is my leader"
(Suliamani is the IRGC Quds Force chief)
"Death to Jews"
"No, No to America"

Image on cloth is @Khamenei_ir

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes More proof of #Iran's role in this entire ordeal.

https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/1211993899205443586

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes Target the snake's head.
#Iran

https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1211995282071805952

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes Reminder:
Oct 30, 2019 - Hossein Shariatmadari, editor & rep of #Iran's dictator @Khamenei_ir in Kayhan daily, published an editorial calling for the takeover of the US Embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as “Hashd al Shaabi."
ncr-iran.org/en/news/terror…

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Scenes of #Iran-backed militias - not Iraqi protesters - easily entering the U.S. Embassy compound. Notice the professional camera ready at the site to record propaganda footage.

My take:
#Iran's regime is behind this entire charade.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes Hey @wendyrsherman,
How about condemning the #Iran-backed militias storming the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad?
Oh sorry, that would upset the mullahs in Tehran. The same ruthless regime you appeased when you were in the State Dept.
I nearly forgot.

https://twitter.com/wendyrsherman/status/1212003061973110784

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman My thoughts:
During the past 91 days hundreds of Iraqi protesters were murdered attempting to reach Baghdad's Green Zone.

How did these #Iran-backed militia members/supporters penetrate the Green Zone & reach the U.S. Embassy so easily in one day?

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman Correcting @TheNationalUAE's video:
These are not "protesters" or "demonstrators".
They are members/supporters of #Iran-backed militias storming the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
This entire attack is orchestrated by Tehran.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Members & supporters of #Iran-backed militias, including Kata'ib Hezbollah, stormed the U.S. Embassy.

Not Iraqi protesters.

Interesting how they easily passed through the many checkpoints of the heavily fortified Green Zone.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE #UPDATE
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-Shooting heard in U.S. Embassy vicinity - Sky News Arabia
-U.S. to send additional Marines to Baghdad embassy - Reuters
-U.S. military choppers flying over embassy compound

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE Shame on @CNN & @nytimes for describing #Iran-backed militia members/supporters who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as "protesters" and "mourners."
This is low. Even for CNN & NYT.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes #UPDATE
Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
FOX News reporting the U.S. is sending around 100 Marines to protect the U.S. embassy after #Iran-backed militia members/supporters stormed the compound today, adding there are "no plans to evacuate."

https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1212037465944576000

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes Food for thought.

https://twitter.com/HanifJazayeri/status/1212045000298680324

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes #UPDATE
Dec 31 - U.S. Marines reinforcements arrive the American Embassy in Baghdad, #Iraq
Images credit: @thestevennabil

Reports indicate they arrived from Kuwait

https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1212078764554887169

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Initial scenes showing #Iran-backed militias entering the "heavily fortified" Green Zone and heading towards the U.S. Embassy.
Interesting how they faced little resistance.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
American AH-64 Apaches helicopters circling the U.S. Embassy compound.
Credit: @OIRSpox

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Footage of #Iran-backed militia members/supporters launching fires in the Green Zone compound near the U.S. Embassy.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Earlier today - Scenes of sonic grenades & what appears to be tear gas fired at #Iran-backed militia members/supporters storming the Green Zone compound where the U.S. Embassy is located.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox .@thestevennabil is a very good & reliable source reporting about #Iraq. See how real Iraqi protesters celebrating #NewYearsEve.

Those storming the Green Zone & attacking the U.S. Embassy today were #Iran-backed militia members/supporters.

https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/1212080586916917249

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox Shame on @ewarren, @timkaine, @ChrisMurphyCT & @brhodes for such remarks that insult the Iraqi people while making the mullahs in #Iran & their militia members/supporters in #Iraq happy.
This is truly low.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes #UPDATE
Members of Congress are calling for U.S. attacks on targets inside #Iran, according to Al Hadath.

https://twitter.com/AlHadath/status/1212061041724669952?s=20

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
True Iraqi protesters in the iconic Tahrir Square say, "The war between [#Iran-backed] militias and the U.S. has nothing to do with us."

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes #UPDATE
-Intense aerial activity reported over US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
-#Iran-backed militias in Syria are reportedly evacuating HQs in Deir Ezzur to avoid potential targeting by US airstrikes.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes "We have avoided years of Iranian provocations. While war is not our desire, weakness now invites a large and costly war later. We must show the brutal Iranian regime & all the people in the region & the world, the U.S. is the strong horse."
#Iran
#Iraq
foxnews.com/opinion/jim-ha…

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes Dec 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
More scenes of propaganda measures by #Iran-backed militia members/supporters.
Notice the professional camera very coincidentally being at such a ridiculous scene to prepare footage for pro-Tehran media.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes Top:
Iraqi protesters storming Iran's consulate in Najaf, southern Iraq, raise the Iraqi flag & express their outrage at Iran's meddling in their country.

Bottom:
#Iran-backed militia members/supporters raise pro-Tehran militia flag when attacking the U.S. Embassy compound.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes While #Iran-backed militia members/supporters attack the U.S. Embassy compound, true Iraqi protesters are saying Happy New Year & celebrating #NewYearsEve.

Attention: @CNN, @nytimes & other MSM outlets who disrespected true Iraqi protesters today.

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes #UPDATE
-US to deploy more troops to ME in response to Baghdad Embassy attack, may be as high as a brigade (Credit: @ELINTNews)
-More U.S. Marines arrive at US Embassy, via Al Arabiya
-Declassified footage of U.S. Marines deployed to Baghdad, Iraq

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes A highly recommended thread by @Doranimated on today's developments involving #Iran-backed militia members/supporters attacking the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1212000469813465089

@ELINTNews @aldin_ww @khamenei_ir @bjoernstritzel @CNN @thestevennabil @bhrodes @wendyrsherman @TheNationalUAE @nytimes @OIRSpox @ewarren @timkaine @ChrisMurphyCT @brhodes @Doranimated #UPDATE
-US official to @Newsweek: Iran had direct role in the rallies at US Embassy in Baghdad - "This is not short of military planning by IRGC-Quds Force."
-U.S. likely to send additional battalion
-Reports of explosions & heavy gunfire near Camp Speicher - Tikrit, Iraq