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Escalation: Nujaba’s Kaabi And The February 16 Rocket Attack On US forces In Iraq

By Tsarizm Staff | February 16, 2020

Escalation: Nujaba's Kaabi And The February 16 Rocket Attack On US forces In Iraq
A photo from the December 31protest at the US embassy gate in Baghdad. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Charlie Dietz, Task Force-Iraq Public Affairs)

A rocket attack directed at a Coalition base near the US embassy on the night of February 15-16 raises concerns about recent threats to US forces in Iraq coming from various pro-Iranian groups. The attack was first reported in the early [1] hours of February 16.

Video was posted near [2] the embassy compound in the Green Zone where sirens could be heard. Reports indicated that several rockets had “targeted [3] the US embassy inside the Green Zone in Baghdad, specifically the Union 3 base, which is inside the US embassy, US official confirms…”

To read more visit MECRA [4]. [5]

This piece originally appeared on Tsarizm.com [8] and is used by permission.