WATCH: Marines mobilize after protesters surround US Embassy in Iraq

By Spencer Neale

Published December 31, 2019 8:39pm ET

WATCH: Marines mobilize after protesters surround US Embassy in Iraq — U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAFTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare to deploy from Kuwait in support of a crisis response mission, Dec. 31, 2019. | (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. David Bickel)

With Iraqi protesters encircling the United States Embassy in Baghdad on New Year’s Eve, President Trump mobilized 100 Marines from Kuwait to fortify troops stationed at the diplomatic center.

Protesters outside the embassy shouted “death to America” and vowed to remain until American forces left Iraq.

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