Rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad

[ASKardar]

The US embassy in the Baghdad Green Zone was targeted in a rocket attack on Sunday, according to early reports.

Security sources told Reuters news agency that several rockets landed inside the heavily fortified area in the Iraqi capital.

Joyce Karam, correspondent for The National, shared a video of the rockets being intercepted on Twitter and wrote that the embassy had been "targeted with barrage of Katyusha Rockets and mortar shells."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1340718614589173761

Iraqi security officials told AP on condition of anonymity that the embassy's C-RAM defense system shot down the rockets mid-air causing damage to a residential complex and parked cars.

There were no reports of casualties.

The attack took place in the run-up to the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Iranian general Qassim Soleimani, which was directed by Washington.

The US withdrew some staff from its Baghdad embassy earlier in December in expectation of reprisals.

The Trump administration has accused Iran of being behind a recent spate of attacks on US interests in the country and has warned Baghdad that it will close its embassy unless Iraq can get the attacks under control.

https://www.dw.com/en/rockets-fired-at-us-embassy-in-baghdad/a-56003157

 

[crankthatskunk]

Here is the video of the attacks.

American Embassy attack in Baghdad

 

[vizier]

Here we go again. usa deep state before sending trump from office tries few new stunts to directly escalate and complicate the situation with false flags before they try a different strategy possibly with proxy warfare against israels mideast rivals with the coming democrats. If conflict escalates highly with Iran maybe they plan to hold trump some more time as well.

This will be attributed to pmu and similar militia units that are thought to be connected with Iran. If Iran does not say anything about the situation and wait that is plain stupid. usa will within days bomb pmu hqs in Iraq and high end officials again. Getting angry about it later wont bring the officials back. The culprits of these types of incidents should be found out by Iraqi investigators and pmu should claim evidence deny responsibility of not being involved in setups like these everytime these happen.

 

[On the Edge]

what kind of defensive system is that?

 

[mazeto]

Here we go again. usa deep state before sending trump from office tries few new stunts to directly escalate and complicate the situation with false flags before they try a different strategy possibly with proxy warfare against israels mideast rivals with the coming democrats. If conflict escalates highly with Iran maybe they plan to hold trump some more time as well.

This will be attributed to pmu and similar militia units that are thought to be connected with Iran. If Iran does not say anything about the situation and wait that is plain stupid. usa will within days bomb pmu hqs in Iraq and high end officials again. Getting angry about it later wont bring the officials back. The culprits of these types of incidents should be found out by Iraqi investigators and pmu should claim evidence deny responsibility of not being involved in setups like these everytime these happen.

Weak ***.
Instead of hailing the heroes that mustered courage to attack foreign overlords , you want to arrest them and grovel for mercy?