Image Credit: Wid Lyman | Border Hawk 
Large groups of demonstrators expressing support or opposition for U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran squared off in Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon.
Metropolitan Police and National Guard were dispatched to manage opposing crowds parading through the city and protesting outside the White House.
“An immense march is ongoing near the White House celebrating the regime change and chanting, ‘USA USA USA!'” Wid Lyman of Border Hawk reported from D.C.
An effigy representing a dead Iranian Revolutionary Guard “terrorist” was carried by supporters of military intervention in Iran as tensions escalated.
“Down with the Islamic regime!” demonstrators chanted as they amassed in Farragut Square.
During a simultaneous anti-Islamization protest in New York City led by activist Jake Lang, suspects reportedly attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device outside Gracie Mansion — the current residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani — sparking a massive law enforcement response.
“Police identified the suspects as Abraham Nick and Amir Balat, both 18 years old and described as being of Arab descent. Authorities say Amir Balat allegedly yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ before throwing a device packed with nuts, bolts, and other shrapnel toward Lang,” Viral News NYC reports.
Authorities reportedly recovered two homemade bombs that failed to detonate at the scene.
On Friday night, authorities stormed a Southwest Airlines flight that was diverted to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport following an alleged “bomb threat.”
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