The United States has not experienced similar attacks in Iraq for several years.
The American embassy in Iraq suffered a massive missile strike. At least three shells hit the territory of the diplomatic mission.
According to the source of the France-Presse news agency, one of the missiles hit the dining room. Two more ammunition fell nearby. At the same time, the Reuters agency, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reports three victims. If the information is confirmed, then this attack will be the first of its kind in the last few years. Responsibility for this attack has not yet been taken by any of the armed groups operating in the region.
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The incident was commented on by the head of the Iraqi government, Adel Abdul Mahdi. According to him, with such trends, “Iraq will again become a battlefield.” At the same time, the US State Department demanded that Baghdad fulfill its obligations to protect the Americans.
As News Front previously reported, at the end of last year, a military base was deployed in Iraq, where an American armed forces contingent is deployed. This led to the death of a US citizen. At the same time, the United States responded by staging a punitive action by striking at the facilities of a Shiite formation and explaining this as “containing Iran.”
This entailed an unprecedented wave of anti-American protests in Baghdad. Then the protesters even nearly burned down the US embassy. And after the assassination of Iraqi Iranian General Kassem Suleimani, Baghdad began to demand the withdrawal of the American occupation contingent from its territory.