Three rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad and 'hit an apartment complex killing civilians' on second night of attacks in Green Zone following killing of Qassem Soleimani

DM ^ | 1/5/2020 | Hussain

[RummyChick]

Multiple rockets have been launched at the US embassy in Baghdad.

They are believed to have missed the embassy, with local reports suggesting they hit an apartment complex instead and killed civilians.

It is the second night in a row that the embassy has been attacked and comes after the US killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

Iraq's military said in a statement on Sunday that three Katyusha rockets had fallen in Baghdad; two inside the heavily fortified Green Zone and one in the nearby Jadriya area.

Six people were wounded, police sources said, with one rocket thought to have hit a family home.

Residents of the Iraq's capital of Baghdad said explosions rang out inside the heavily-fortified Green Zone, home to the US Embassy and the seat of Iraq's government.

Alert sirens were sounded Sunday in the area on the west bank of the Tigris river.

[trebb]

Yep - and I wonder if they actually “missed”....seems like they might realize that hitting our embassy like that would drastically shorten their (and their handlers) lifespans....and their handlers don’t want to become “Glorious Martyrs”

[Jim Noble]

Once again, why doesn’t the Green Zone have an Iron Dome unit to protect it from mortar and rocket attacks

There is no end to this. The Iraqi "green zone" is a permanent fixed target which cannot be protected.

I say we leave and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Jim Noble]

Then again, their hatred of us makes them their own worst enemy

Isn't it more probable, based on history if nothing else, that their hatred of us gives them the staying power to bleed us until we quit, presuming of course that we continue to oblige them with undefendable FOBs?