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Pompeo says 'Iran-Backed' forces behind Baghdad Green Zone Attack ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 09:32 IST Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday accused "Iran-backed militias" of carrying out the Sunday rocket attack on the Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. "The United States strongly condemns the latest attack by Iran-backed militias on the International Zone in Baghdad. While no Embassy personnel were harmed, the attack caused at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and damaged Iraqi civilian property. We wish...

Rockets fired at Baghdad Green Zone in ‘terrorist act,’ Iraq says A rocket attack on Baghdad’s diplomatic Green Zone Sunday night was “a terrorist act” that undermines Iraq’s international reputation, the country’s president says. Eight rockets were fired at the heavily fortified area, with at least one Iraqi soldier injured when a rocket landed near an Iraqi security checkpoint, according to a statement from the Iraqi military. The military said most of the rockets hit the Qadisiya residential neighborhood near the US Embassy, damaging several buildings and cars. The US Embassy...

US Army Apache helicopter conducts an overflight of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Dec. 31, 2019. At least eight Katyusha rockets hit the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone Sunday night, according to several media outlets. Iraqi security sources claimed the rockets were intercepted by the embassy’s anti-missile defense systems. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement saying “the United States strongly condemns the latest attack by Iran-backed militias on the International Zone in Baghdad. While no Embassy personnel were harmed, the attack caused at least one Iraqi civilian c...

Date Time Rocket Attack in Iraq 21 December The United States strongly condemns the latest attack by Iran-backed militias on the International Zone in Baghdad. While no Embassy personnel were harmed, the attack caused at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and damaged Iraqi civilian property. We wish those hurt a speedy recovery. As Iraq struggles with COVID-19 and an increasingly dire economic crisis, Iran-backed militias are the most serious impediment to helping Iraq return to peace and prosperity. The same militias targeting diplomatic facilities are stealing Iraqi state resources on a m...

Pompeo Says ‘Iran-Backed’ Forces Behind Most Recent Baghdad Green Zone Attack © REUTERS / POOL Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202012211081522622-pompeo-says-iran-backed-forces-behind-most-recent-baghdad-green-zone-attack/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused "Iran-backed militias" of carrying out the Sunday rocket attack on the Green Zone in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. "The United States strongly condemns the latest attack by Iran-backed militias on the International Zone in Baghdad....