Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the US embassy in Baghdad to protest a US air force attack in Iraq over the weekend. The Pentagon said it was responding to an attack Friday on a US base that left an American dead. Washington blames Iran for the assault on the base and the protest at the embassy. Host Carol Hills asks The World’s Chris Woolf to explain the situation.
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