US air defenses respond to rockets targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone
RT News says several rockets hit Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone hosting the US-led military coalition’s facilities as well as the US embassy. One rocket was shot down by the US-installed defense systems.
Two rockets were launched towards the Green Zone on Sunday morning local time, Iraqi security forces have confirmed.
“The Green Zone in Baghdad was the target of two Katyusha rockets. The first was shot down in the air by C-RAM defence batteries, the second fell in a square, damaging two vehicles,” they said in a statement as reported by AFP.
Footage posted on social media purportedly shows the moment one of the projectiles was intercepted by the air defense systems, scrambled to respond to the threat.
https://www.rt.com/news/543654-iraq-rockets-embassy-green-zone/
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