Baghdad .. The government threatens to storm the US embassy, ​​and the popular crowd is stepping up its rhetoric against the American presence

The Iraqi government demanded the protesters to withdraw from the headquarters and surroundings of the American embassy in Baghdad after storming it, and vowed to respond strictly, and the defense and interior ministers inspected the embassy headquarters after clashes and fires, and the crowd leaders continue to condemn the American presence in their country, accusing the embassy of espionage.

The caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi called the protesters to withdraw immediately, and stressed in a statement that "any aggression or harassment of foreign embassies and representations is an act that the security forces will strictly prohibit and the law will punish him with the most severe penalties."

Reuters news agency quoted officials of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirming the evacuation of the American ambassador and other employees of the embassy in Baghdad for security reasons.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the defense and interior ministers arrived at the embassy headquarters to inspect it, while thousands of protesters continue to protest in the vicinity of the embassy, ​​vowing to set up tents to sit open in front of the embassy until they close and remove the American forces.

Escalation of the crowd
"We are following the instructions of the Iraqi prime minister," he said, adding that Abdul-Mahdi refused to storm the American embassy, ​​but it was difficult to prevent the protesters.

A spokesman for the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, Muhammad Muhyi, said that the "popular mass stand" in front of the American embassy is trying to deliver a message to the Americans that they are not wanted by the presence of their military and security forces in Iraq.

In a previous interview with Al-Jazeera, Mohy described the American embassy in Baghdad as a den of espionage and sabotage activities hostile to the Iraqi people, as he put it.

As for the leader of the Iraqi League of the Righteous League, Qais Khazali, he said in front of the American embassy that the embassy is leading "plans and projects of conspiracy against Iraq and violating its sovereignty," considering that the recent "blatant assault" will not go unnoticed.

Khazali added, "10 years have passed since the agreement to evacuate American forces from Iraq, but this time we will tell you that we exist."

In turn, the Iraqi counterterrorism agency said in a statement, "We were not charged with protecting the American embassy and our mission is specific outside Baghdad," while the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the government is keen to protect foreign missions.

Condemnation of raids
Thousands of civilians and members of the popular crowd gathered in front of the American embassy in the Green Zone in Baghdad, to condemn the American raids on the locations of the popular crowd in Anbar province on Sunday, then dozens of them stormed the embassy, ​​set it on fire and burned the guard towers, before they withdrew to the vicinity of the embassy with the arrival of intensive security reinforcements .

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, and security guards from inside the embassy fired sound bombs at the protesters outside the compound's gate.

In Baghdad, the bodies of the dead crowd were killed in the American bombing, and Abdul-Mahdi al-Haddad declared the general for 3 days after the dead, after two days of American raids targeting the crowd sites in Syria and Iraq, which killed 28 fighters and wounded 48 others.