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Rockets fired toward US Embassy in Baghdad; one shot down, other misses
Fox ^ | 18 December 2021 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 12/19/2021, 1:13:43 AM by blueplum

Two rockets were fired in the direction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, with one of them shot down by the U.S. military and the other missing the embassy compound, Fox News has confirmed....

...No group had yet claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, the report said.

The incident came ahead of an end-of-year deadline set by Iranian-backed militias for the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Iraq, according to the Post.

On Dec. 9, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East said the U.S. would keep the current 2,500 troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future...

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...

779 posted on 12/19/2021 1:58:49 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote
. No group had yet claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, the report said.

*raises hand*

Is that really necessary? I'm gonna go ahead and go with ragheads, if that's okay with the rest of the class.


820 posted on 12/19/2021 7:51:14 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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