Rocket fired towards Baghdad
Green Zone, child injured - military, police
source
Reuters5 July 2020
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A rocket
fired towards Baghdad's Green Zone, which hosts the U.S. and other embassies,
fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday,
the Iraqi military said.
Security forces at the same
time stopped another Katyusha rocket from being launched at Taji military air
base north of Baghdad which hosts U.S. troops, a military statement added.
The military gave no further
details. U.S. officials blame Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on
U.S. facilities in Iraq, including near the embassy in Baghdad. No known
Iran-backed groups have claimed responsibility.
A police and a medical source
confirmed a child was lightly injured and said it was caused by rocket
fragments that landed on a home.
The police source said an
anti-rocket system set up to defend the U.S. embassy, and which had been tested
on Saturday, had shot down a rocket which exploded in mid-air before it could
hit the Green Zone.
Iraqi security forces raided a
headquarters of the Kataib Hezbollah Iran-backed militia in southern Baghdad
last week arresting more than a dozen members of the group on charges of
involvement in rocket attacks.
Most of whom were released
shortly afterwards.
Paramilitary groups backed by
Iran have come to dominate parts of Iraq's security institutions, economy and
political life.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's
government is favoured by the United States and has indicated it will back up
tough talk against the militias with action, but last week's confusing episode
over the arrest of militiamen showed it will come up against tough resistance.
(Reporting by John
Davison, Editing by William Maclean)
🍒🌳💕 #پیش بسوی قیام سراسری ایران# اتحادوهمبستگی 🌳🌹🍒
#سال_سرنگونی #کروناویروس #قیام_تا_پیروزی # مرگ_بر_دیکتاتور
#شورش زندانیان #تيك_تاك_سرنگوني # شهرهای شورشی
#مجاهدین_خلق ایران #ایران #ما بر اندازیم # کانونهای شورشی
#coronavirus #COVID2019 #IranRegimeChange
🍒🌳🌹 ما را در توئیتر با حساب توئیتری 7 @Bahar iran دنبال کنید🌳💕