Rockets likely fired by Iran-backed jihadis hit US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone - Robert Spencer

 

​ by Robert Spencer

 

The mullahs of Iran would like to welcome His Fraudulency President-select Joe Biden to the Oval Office, and to put him on notice that he better be ready to jump to do their bidding, or else.

 

“Rockets fired at U.S. embassy land inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, damaging compound,” by Ahmed Rasheed and Hesham Abdul Khalek, Reuters, December 21, 2020:

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday, the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday.

The Iraqi military said an “outlaw group” fired eight rockets. Most of the missiles hit a residential complex and a security checkpoint inside the zone, damaging buildings and cars and wounding one Iraqi soldier, a military statement said.

Sirens blared from the embassy compound inside the zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions.

An anti-rocket system diverted one of the rockets, said one security official whose office is inside the Green Zone.

The U.S. Embassy condemned the attack and urged all Iraqi political and governmental leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks and to hold accountable those responsible.

“The U.S. Embassy confirms rockets targeting the International Zone resulted in the engagement of Embassy defensive systems. There was some minor damage on the Embassy compound but no injuries or casualties,” it said in a statement.

In a subsequent statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there had been at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and wished those hurt a speedy recovery.

U.S. officials blame Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq, including near the embassy in Baghdad. No known Iran-backed groups have claimed responsibility….

 

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