US air defenses intercept rocket fired toward Baghdad’s Green Zone
US air defense systems stopped a rocket attack before it could enter Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which houses the US and other embassies.
The US military suspects Iran-backed militias in Iraq are responsible for rockets launched on Baghdad International Airport and the city’s Green Zone over the 4th of July weekend.
A Katyusha rocket was launched at Baghdad’s airport Sunday night, though no casualties were reported.
A US air defense system recently deployed to Baghdad shot down a rocket before dawn on Sunday near the city’s Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy. The military tested the counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system a day earlier, despite objections from Iraq’s deputy speaker of parliament.
A child suffered a head injury Sunday when his family’s home was struck by a rocket launched from Baghdad’s Ali al-Saleh neighborhood, the Iraqi military’s Security Media Cell said. Iraq’s military also said it prevented another rocket attack from the Umm al-Azam area; it was aimed at Camp Taji airbase north of the capital, where US forces are present.
