FOX NEWS: Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid

Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid



Speaking to reporters just hours after dozens of Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, President Trump on Tuesday night vowed that the situation "will not be a Benghazi" -- a pointed reference to the deadly 2012 embassy attack in Libya on the Obama administration's watch, after officials at the embassy had requested enhanced security for weeks.

via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/36fipjm Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid Speaking to reporters just hours after dozens of Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, President Trump on Tuesday night vowed that the situation "will not be a Benghazi" -- a pointed reference to the deadly 2012 embassy attack in Libya on the Obama administration's watch, after officials at the embassy had requested enhanced security for weeks. https://ift.tt/36fipjm https://ift.tt/2FaYru5 Politics January 1, 2020 at 10:11AM