Iraqi Army: 2 Rockets Hit Baghdads Green Zone

  • 3/26/2020
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Two rockets hit Iraqi capitals high-security Green Zone early Thursday, hours before US-led forces were set to pull out of a second base in the country. The two projectiles struck near the Baghdad Operations Command, which coordinates Iraqs police and military forces, the military said. The command center is a few hundred meters away from the US Embassy, which is a regular target of rocket attacks. However, an Iraqi security official who spoke on condition of anonymity said there were no casualties. Some 7,500 troops are in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition helping local troops fight terrorist remnants. However, the number is being brought down by temporarily bringing some trainers home as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus pandemic. The alliance is also leaving other Iraqi bases altogether. It was the latest rocket attack to strike the Green Zone since three rockets hit an area near the embassy last Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. Earlier this month, two US military personnel and a British soldier were killed in a rocket attack on the Taji airbase further north, which was hit again two days later. The repeated assaults prompted US airstrikes against what US officials said were mainly weapons facilities belonging to Kataib Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Iraqi militia group believed to be responsible for the attack.

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