Reports of the U.S. Embassy being under threat are "false," John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said. "There's no evacuation going on at the embassy and no indication that's going to be required at this time," Kirby told reporters on a call on Monday. He called reports of unrest throughout the country "disturbing" and expressed concern that "Iraqi institutions are not being allowed to function." (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-calls-violence-in-iraq-e2-80-98disturbing-e2-80-99-but-says-embassy-not-being-evacuated/ar-AA11eJLN) Media reports indicated that multiple people were killed and several were injured in clashes in the Green Zone in Baghdad after Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced he plans to withdraw from political life. CNN reported Monday that security forces fired tear gas and bullets as a crowd of protesters forced their way inside the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area in the Iraqi capital. The United Nations (U.N.) Assistance Mission in Iraq urged protesters to leave the Green Zone and vacate government buildings.
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