IRAQ: Multiple Katyusha rockets fall in Baghdad's Green Zone (VIDEO)
By various reports, multiple (two or three) Katyusha rockets hit targets inside Baghdad's Green Zone in the past hour.
The rockets landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone. The United States Army and Iraqi police both reported news of the strike late in the day Wednesday, U.S. time, as did reporters and others on Twitter who were nearby.
This is a developing story, and will be updated.
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BELOW: From Twitter, selected real-time tweets on the strike, and observations from news organizations and individual freelance journalists who are in Baghdad or in the region.
No official word on responsibility for the attack, but various theories.
Three Katyusha rockets fall inside Baghdad's Green Zone: police sources https://t.co/LlX3cy7QUI
- Matt Brown (@abcmatt) January 8, 2020
Katyusha rockets fall near the #US embassy in the Green Zone in central #Baghdad, and the embassy alert is heard.#Iraq, #Iran. pic.twitter.com/xvPDMClVoQ
- Ahmad Algohbary (@AhmadAlgohbary) January 8, 2020
"A couple of rockets land inside #Baghdad's Green Zone, close to the #US Embassy. Responsibility not claimed by anyone yet. Most likely Iraqi groups.
- Zafar Mehdi (@mehdizafar) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Two rockets land in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home of the US Embassy in Iraq https://t.co/wbHibjvvOK pic.twitter.com/YsRbt3x6hG
- CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 8, 2020
The debris of Katyusha rocket that fell in the vicinity of #US embassy in #Baghdad. pic.twitter.com/RbJYaVjMB4
- Barzan Sadiq (@BarzanSadiq) January 8, 2020
Three rockets landed in Baghdad's green zone near the U.S. Embassy, according to Iraqi police, but no casualties were reported. https://t.co/DGvahWF2wn
- Stratfor (@Stratfor) January 8, 2020
3-@AlMayadeenNews: Iraqi security source says one rocket fell between a Council of Ministers building under construction and a pond near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad https://t.co/8K3snpKSWr
- David A. Daoud (@DavidADaoud) January 8, 2020