Iraq: Woman, child injured in rocket attack on US Embassy

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby reiterated that the United States reserves the right to retaliate for such attacks.
This image shows a partial view of the Green Zone, which houses the seat the US Embassy, in Baghdad, on Dec. 19, 2021.
This image shows a partial view of the Green Zone, which houses the seat of the Iraqi government as well as the US Embassy, in the capital, Baghdad, on Dec. 19, 2021, after two rockets targeted the area early in the morning. - SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman and child were injured in the latest rocket attack on the US Embassy compound in Baghdad’s Green Zone Jan. 13, Iraq’s military said. 

The rockets were fired from the Dora neighborhood south of the capital into the fortified international zone, according to Iraq’s security media cell. One of the rockets struck a school.

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