Militia rockets kill five civilians in Iraqi capital as US mulls embassy withdrawal
Two women and three children were killed at a Baghdad home on Monday as the United States threatens to pull its diplomatic mission.
Three children and two women were killed by a rocket strike on a home in a Baghdad neighborhood on Monday.
The incident, announced by Iraq’s Security Media Cell, comes amid threats by US officials to withdraw Washington’s embassy in Baghdad if the militia attacks are not stopped by Iraq’s security forces.
Two other children were also wounded by the rocket attack, according to the Security Media Cell, which said the rockets “completely destroyed” the home in the Albu Shaaban neighborhood of al-Radwaniyah district of Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said the rockets were launched from al-Jihad district.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week warned Iraqi President Barham Salih that the United States would consider withdrawing its embassy in Baghdad and may confront the militias unilaterally if their attacks on foreign diplomatic missions and convoys are not halted by Iraq’s security forces.
