The launch reportedly took place from Falastin Street, #Baghdad, in total, initial reports suggest a total of three rockets were launched, two intercepted by CRAM per media reviewal and reports. Status of the third, if confirmed, unknown.
Posted on 01/13/2022 10:01:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
ight rockets targeted the US Embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone late Sunday, Iraq's military and Iraqi officials said, sparking fears of renewed unrest as next month's anniversary of the US slaying of an Iranian general draws near.
An Iraqi military statement said an 'an outlawed group' launched eight rockets targeting the Green Zone, injuring one Iraqi security person manning a checkpoint and causing material damage to a residential complex and some cars. The residential complex is usually empty.
The US Embassy's C-RAM defense system, which is used to destroy missiles in mid-air, was activated to deflect the attack, the embassy said in a statement.
'The US Embassy confirms rockets targeting the International Zone (Green Zone) resulted in the engagement of embassy defensive systems,' the statement said. It said there was some minor damage to the embassy compound.
'We call on all Iraqi political and governmental leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks and hold accountable those responsible,' the statement said.
The thundering sound of the defense system could be heard by Associated Press reporters located on the other side of the Tigris River.
The C-RAM system was installed by the US over the summer as armed groups stepped up rocket attacks targeting the embassy and its premises.
The US withdrew some staff from its embassy in Baghdad earlier this month, temporarily reducing personnel ahead of the first anniversary of the Washington-directed killing of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani outside Baghdad's airport on January 3.
US officials said the decision stemmed from concerns about a possible retaliatory strike.
Soleimani's killing sparked outrage and led Iraq's parliament to pass a non-binding resolution days later calling for the expulsion of all foreign troops from Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
VIDEO C-RAM air defense system engaging multiple rockets at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
https://rumble.com/vsiquu-c-ram-air-defense-system-engaging-multiple-rockets-at-the-u.s.-embassy-in-b.html
LOL. If your embassy needs anti-missile defense systems on the roof, perhaps there are better words than "embassy" to describe it, and that it also says something about your relations with the country.
I believe the beach boys were right …. Nuke Nuke Nuke Nuke iran Nuke Nuke Nuke Nuke iran Nuke iran It’s the best plan Nuke iran
The American invasion of Iraq was done on behalf of the 9/11 Saudis and has been a disaster for the United States. Barbaric ISIS was a creation of the Saudis. It was their hope that a jihadist Sunni state could be carved out of Syria and Iraq and serve as a buffer against their prime enemy Shi’ite Iran. It did’t work. In fact it was the Shi’ite Iraqi militias that prevented ISIS from taking Baghdad. America after losing over three thousand dead, tens of thousands more physically and psychologically maimed, trillions squandered finds itself in just another alien quagmire. The best solution is to withdraw completely and let the backward locals work out their own consensus. America cannot change their values and culture by force of arms.
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”
Bad guys around the world are emboldened when Dems are in office ...
Just so hard to believe that there is unrest in Iraq.
This article is dated Dec 20th, 2020.
Get your parodies right. LOL
RE: This article is dated Dec 20th, 2020.
I think that date is a typo.
It is being reported here as well:
US Embassy In Baghdad “Attacked By Terrorist” In Rocket Barrage
AND HERE:
AND HERE:
and here:
Anyone going to hold a memorial for those killed by Iranian military shooting a missile at a commercial airliner and killing all on board?
I really don’t remember any memorials last week.
A judge in Ontario has ruled that Iran intentionally shot down a passenger airliner on January 8, 2020 causing the deaths of 176 people including dozens of Canadians.
The decision adds judicial weight to allegations that the crash of the Ukrainian International Airlines plane, shortly after it departed Tehran for Kiev, was not an accident.
Thanks for posting these other sources as this is of great interest to me. This did not get much headline in the MSM news feeds.
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