Rockets target US Embassy as Iraq struggles to form new government
An attack on US diplomatic offices in Baghdad widely assumed to have been by Iran-linked militias injured Iraqi civilians instead, as Kataib Hezbollah blamed foreign powers.
BAGHDAD — An arch of red lights flashing across the night sky of the Iraqi capital on Jan. 13 evinced a large quantity of counter-rocket projectiles shot at incoming rockets from a position in the heavily fortified Green Zone.
At least four rockets were fired: three reportedly hit within the perimeter of the US Embassy while another hit a school in a nearby residential complex, injuring a woman and a girl.
The rocket attack, widely assumed to have been carried out by men linked to Shiite armed groups known for conducting similar attacks over many years, ended up hurting Iraqi civilians instead of embassy staff or foreign forces.
In other similar incidents targeting US forces and diplomatic offices in Iraq, women and children have also been killed.
