"Supporters of an Iran-backed militia tried to storm the American embassy compound in the Iraqi capital, driving the U.S. to send military reinforcements and pointing to the fraught challenge for Washington in maintaining forces in Iraq.Some pitched tents opposite the embassy and held prayers. The words 'Closed by order of the people' were scrawled on one of the blast walls surrounding the compound. Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of the PMF who policy organizations such as the Counter Extremism Project regard as a leader of Kataib Hezbollah, was in attendance as well as prominent paramilitary leaders-turned-politicians Qais al-Khazaali and Hadi al-Ameri."