Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq debate best way to defeat US
While these groups say they are ready to fight the Americans, leaders are reticent to show their faces in public, fearing US drone strikes.
Protesters and militia fighters throw stones towards the U.S. Embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020.(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN