Posted on 11/06/2021 8:19:44 PM PDT by blueplum
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday after an explosive-laden drone targeted his residence, the country's military said.
Al-Kadhimi went on to Twitter moments after the attack and called for "calm and restraint from everyone."..
..A source close to the Iraqi leader said Sunday that Al-Kadhimi was returning from overseeing security forces engaged in a stand-off with protesters at the southern gate of the Green Zone, the heavily fortified area of Baghdad where the the Prime Minister's residence and other government and diplomatic buildings are located, around the time of the drone attack.
As he was just entering his residence, a booby-trapped drone targeted that location, wounding a few of his residence guards and causing minor damage, the source said....
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I wonder who has drones in that part of the Middle East and knows how to use them?
Drones can be bought from the China Amazon kind of sites and a kid with a tablet can operate them.
Sounds like Iran stirring up trouble again.
They should have sent Biden to kill him with a gas attack. Duchess of Cornwall can’t stop talking about one such attack.
ha! I read that story. What a predicament to be in.
They just had parliamentary elections and the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haqq & Kata’ib Hezbollah militias didn’t do very well and are accusing Kadhimi of election fraud.
3 of Kadhimi’s bodyguards were injured.
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