Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s Airborne Division deployed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, Wednesday, January 1.
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READ MORE: The situation at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital was quieter Thursday after Iranian-backed paramilitary groups left the area.

The withdrawal brought to a close a two-day standoff that began with militiamen and their supporters attacking the embassy compound, wrecking a reception area, setting several fires and writing graffiti as they protested against U.S. airstrikes on an Iran-backed militia group.

Those strikes, which took place in Iraq and Syria against Kataeb Hezbollah, came in response to the killing of a U.S. contractor in a rocket attack.
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