Rockets target US Embassy as Iraq struggles to form new government

An attack on US diplomatic offices in Baghdad widely assumed to have been by Iran-linked militias injured Iraqi civilians instead, as Kataib Hezbollah blamed foreign powers.
The new US Embassy complex, still under construction, is seen in the heavily fortified Green Zone, on the west bank of the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2007.
The new US Embassy complex, still under construction, is seen in the heavily fortified Green Zone, on the west bank of the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2007. - STR/AFP via Getty Images
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BAGHDAD — An arch of red lights flashing across the night sky of the Iraqi capital on Jan. 13 evinced a large quantity of counter-rocket projectiles shot at incoming rockets from a position in the heavily fortified Green Zone.

At least four rockets were fired: three reportedly hit within the perimeter of the US Embassy while another hit a school in a nearby residential complex, injuring a woman and a girl.

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