The US Embassy in Iraq said Wednesday that a rocket attack near the Baghdad airport that occurred Tuesday night targeted a US diplomatic facility.
“At approximately 23:00 on Tuesday, September 10, there was an attack at the Baghdad Diplomatic Services Compound, a US diplomatic facility,” the US Embassy said. “Fortunately, there are no reported casualties, and we are assessing the damage and its cause. Our assessment is ongoing.”
Iraqi security sources previously told Reuters that two rockets fell around 11 pm local time on Tuesday near US troops stationed at Camp Victory, a base in the area surrounding the Baghdad airport.
So far, no one has taken credit for the attack. Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shia militia that’s been involved in previous operations against the US, condemned the attack, saying it was meant to disrupt a visit by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who arrived in Iraq on Wednesday.
Kataib Hezbollah called for an investigation to find out who was responsible. An Iraqi source told AFP that the attack was carried out with two Katyusha rockets.
“One fell on the wall of the Iraqi anti-terrorist forces compound. The second was inside the base hosting the international anti-jihadist coalition led by Washington,” the source said.
The attack occurred a few hours before the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. During the debate, Harris falsely claimed that no US troops are currently deployed in combat zones, but several American soldiers have been wounded in recent attacks and raids in Iraq.
At this point, the whole world is a combat zone, and US troops are everywhere.
The key to ending this is when the USA can't afford 800 military bases all around the world. That will come when the petrodollar is no longer the world's reserve currency. This week, Saudi Arabia will start using other currencies. Maybe we can go back to being a "normal" nation that works for a living and pays its bills.
'Maybe we can go back to being a "normal" nation that works for a living and pays its bills.'
You are an incurable optimist. The collapse of the Yankee Empire is, one way or another, inevitable. What happens after that is unlikely to be good for the Yanks. There will be a price for all this lunacy.
The collapse of the Yankee Empire started a long time ago when the British colonial empire started to collapse and industrialization started, more than a century ago. Now it looks like Biden and his neocon mad dogs are finally taking it over the cliff, maybe it takes a third WW to finish the job.
Is "US diplomatic compound" newspeak for CIA/Special Forces/ISIS ally base?
This can go on for a long time. I'm old now and have come to the conclusion that lying, cheating, genocidal American monsters deserve everything they are about to get.
More to come if US insists on staying…!
Or, over-staying, it’s welcome.
Don’t let the door hit you on your arse, on the way out!
Diplomatic facilities shelter undercover CIA agents. That big DC sticker looks great on any car.
"US" and "diplomatic" shouldn't be uttered in the same sentence.
Will we ask America to show restraint in escalating should we find out who did this? Will western minority world media pick up on this?