ROCKET ATTACK ON U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD

  • 08/07/2021

In a day marked by rocket and drone attacks against American bases in Iraq and Syria, three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Baghdad early Thursday. The embassy was not hit, but three places nearby in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone were. The recent spate of attacks on US military and diplomatic facilities in Iraq has been attributed to pro-Iranian armed groups within a state-sponsored paramilitary force.

According to Iraqi security officials, US forces shot down an armed drone above the embassy on Monday night. AFP reporters report that US defence systems fired rockets into the air in Baghdad, taking out an explosive-laden drone, according to Iraqi security sources. Just hours earlier, rockets had also been fired at Ain al-Assad. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters about the renewed violence: ‘These attacks reflect and illustrate the fundamental threat that Iran-backed militias pose to Iraq’s sovereignty and stability’.

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