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In his latest message on Twitter, President Donald Trump accused Iran of being behind the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
“Our embassy in Baghdad was hit by some missiles on December 20,” RT news agency quoted the US president on Twitter. “Guess where they come from: Iran,” Trump wrote with a photo of the three rockets.
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| Iraqi soldiers in front of the US embassy in Baghdad after an attack. Photo: AP |
President Donald Trump continued: “We hear again an attack on Americans in Iraq.” “If they kill an American, I will hold Iran to account,” he threatened. Think about it carefully. “
On the night of December 20, many rockets hit the Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. An Iraqi security official told the AP news agency that at least three missiles had hit the US mission headquarters.
According to RT, most of the missiles were destroyed in the air by the US air defense systems. The US embassy in Iraq later stated that the raid only caused a small amount of property damage. There were no casualties.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused “Tehran-backed rebels” of carrying out the attack. “The United States strongly condemns the latest Iranian-backed insurgent attack against the international region of Baghdad,” he announced.
However, Iranian officials have vehemently denied Foreign Minister Pompeo’s accusations. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted that “the US military presence in the region is the source of instability.”
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