Iraqi PM Unharmed After Drone Attack Amid Escalating Tensions With Iran-Backed Militias

RFE/RL ^ | Nov 7, 2021

[Conservat1]

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an attack by an armed drone on his residence on November 7 amid escalating tensions over the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month's parliamentary election results.

The Baghdad residence inside the city's fortified Green Zone was hit by a rocket attack early on November 7, the prime minister’s office said in a statement.

Kadhimi was unharmed in the attack, which the statement said was a “failed assassination attempt.”

[AppyPappy]

I suspect the Iraqis will do nothing in response so why not do it?

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

Iraq would get steam rolled by Iran and might start a regional, if not global, conflict.

God forbid. We aren’t ready for that.

[Conservat1]

To say that Iranian militias are not even more emboldened under Buden is an understatement .

[airborne]

Any chance Joe Biden left this drone behind when he tucked tail and ran away?

[SunkenCiv]

Some backstory and some more recent related topics:

• Drone over N. Israel: Iranian with stolen US apps [07/19/2016]
• Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort [12/11/2011]
• Breaking: We were right, Obama GAVE Iran the Drone! [12/09/2011]
• Official Confirms Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Lost U.S. Drone [12/08/2011]

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• Biden Warns US Will Respond to Any Hostile Iranian Act [11/01/2021]
• Suicide drone attack targets U.S. military base in Syria… [10/21/2021]
• Attack hits Syria base that houses US troops; no US injuries [10/20/2021]
• 14 Iranian Army Officers Killed In Mysterious Damascus Bus Blast: Is Israel Behind It? [10/20/2021]

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• U.N. nuke watchdog chief says monitoring of Iran is no longer 'intact.' [10/25/2021]
• Report: US to impose new sanctions on Iranian missile program [07/29/2021]
• Trump's Iran Policy Isn't the Problem; Barack Obama's Was [01/08/2020]
• Report: Obama Administration Stopped Israel From Assassinating Soleimani in 2015 [01/03/2020]
• Treason! Secretary Pompeo: Former Obama Officials Are Telling Iran to Wait Out Trump — Then America Will Go Back to Appeasing Iran [01/02/2020]

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• Iraqi Prime Minister Survives Drone Attack in Failed Assassination [11/06/2021]
• Iraqi Prime Minister survives exploding drone assassination attempt [11/06/2021]

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• Shia cleric rebukes US-led world arrogant powers over sparking war in world of Islam [10/25/2021]
• Iran's supreme leader urges reversal of Arab states' normalization with Israel [10/24/2021]
• The West's Business as Usual Approach to Iran's Rogue Regime Only Emboldens It [10/19/2021]
• Europe's Top Diplomat Cannot Be Allowed to Continue Dangerous Attempts to Appease Iranian Leader [10/09/2021]
• The Moral Perverseness of Democrats' Foreign Policy Priorities [09/24/2021]
• "Iran is a global problem": Israel weighs response to deadly attack on ship [07/30/2021]

[BeauBo]

An act of war by Iran.

Expect them to use such deniable surrogates when they eventually unleash a nuke against the USA, if they are allowed to get them.

[SJackson]

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