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On December 31, 2019...

2019: US Deploys 100 Marines, 750 Army Troops to Mow Down Protestors at Baghdad Embassy

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U.S marines used tear gas and soldiers were seen guarding the roof. Two American Apache AH-64 helicopters from Taji, Iraq hovered over and dropped flares. The U.S. immediately deployed 100 marines from the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response in Kuwait. They also deployed 750 men from the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army at Fort Bragg.

Source: Kushi and Toft (2022), "Introducing the Military Intervention Project: A New Dataset on US Military Interventions, 1776–2019". Journal of Conflict Resolution

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