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In Bahrain, protesters were seen throwing molotovs at local cops while Iran continued to bomb US bases over head.
Partner's of Bahrain have been trying to move more troops in to put down protests and guard smoldering US bases but Iran also crashed drones into key bridges needed to cross into the territory.
Will be interesting to see if those new forces are welcomed as warmly...
Security forces responded with a volley of fire, it's not currently clear if or how many demonstrators were injured.
Update - Additional angles appear to show that this was tear gas and flash bangs.
Earlier in the night Iraqi's in Baghdad filmed security forces rolling tanks near the Green Zone.
The US has the world biggest embassy in the zone and it's described as "overlooking the Tigris River". It's not clear the number of US troops in the area but due to the embassy they are some there.
The US still has a few thousand military advisers so the US might be in command of some of the elements.
The Israeli's have since begun bombing residential areas of Lebanon in response to the news of Hezbollah's declaration of intention to fire missiles targeting Zionist military elements near Haifa.
The situation in Iraq near the "green" zone continues to get more dangerous.
It's the second night of demonstrations and protesters have reportedly been seen shooting randomly towards security forces with small arms.
Protesters confront security forces in #Baghdad's Green Zone over the U.S. and Israeli killing of Iranian leader #Khamenei (video verified by Al Jazeera, via its live blog)
AJ live blog: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/28/live-israel-launches-attacks-on-iran-multiple-explosions-heard-in-tehran
video source: https://x.com/Hydikm/status/2027950557156024329
"Look, from a military perspective the strike was extremely impressive. But there are a couple of issues here. Decapitation only works when you get all the leaders, and I don't think that we got all the leaders because it's very, very difficult. ... Even though we seem to have a formidable force out there, they can only continue the attack for a finite period."
- Harlan Ullman, Killowen Group
Protesters confront security forces in #Baghdad's Green Zone over the U.S. and Israeli killing of Iranian leader #Khamenei (video verified by Al Jazeera, via its live blog)
AJ live blog: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/28/live-israel-launches-attacks-on-iran-multiple-explosions-heard-in-tehran
video source: https://x.com/Hydikm/status/2027950557156024329
