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Crisis at Baghdad embassy is over, but tensions remain

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Crisis at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is over, but tensions remain

After the most significant standoff outside a U.S. Embassy in years, demonstrators in Baghdad stood down on Wednesday -- but they also declared victory. Sarkawt Shams, a member of the Iraqi parliament, and Douglas Silliman, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, join Nick Schifrin to discuss the politics and parties involved in the incident and why tensions continue to run high.

01/01/2020

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