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In the early hours of December 9th, at least two rockets struck the area surrounding the Baghdad International airport, where US forces are located.
The initial reports were for sirens near the Baghdad international airport and reports that at least two rockets landed in the surrounding area which houses the Iraqi counter-terrorism service, as well as the predominantly US international coalition forces.
Breaking: sirens sound near Baghdad international airport after blasts reported, they could be a result of a rocket attack #Iraq #Baghdad pic.twitter.com/JC2BL2ONkZ
— Steven nabil (@thestevennabil) December 8, 2019
There were other reports confirming the strikes:
#BREAKING: Two rockets landed near Baghdad International Airport in an attack that was targeting American forces. https://t.co/qPe3ToE98r
— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) December 8, 2019
The facility in question is the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center (BDSC), which is used by diplomats and intelligence operatives, as well as the US-led anti-terrorist coalition forces in Iraq.
Breaking: Rocket attack targeting the military airport in Baghdad, the location where it hit is the headquarters of the Iraqi counter terrorism unites and meters away from the U.S forces #Iraq #Baghdad pic.twitter.com/01TjigTUWb
— Steven nabil (@thestevennabil) December 8, 2019
Following the strikes, an Al-Hadath correspondent claimed that the attack was aimed at the US forces located in the vicinity.
#Iraq – Al-Hadath correspondent: Missile shelling was targeting US forces in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport https://t.co/QJc4PpC41i
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) December 8, 2019
The location of the rocket launchers was found later, in the Al Dhobat area of Baghdad.
Breaking: The rocket launch pads in Al Dhobat area (Hay al Jihad) Baghdad, two rockets went off to target the Military airport (Coalition forces+Iraqi counter terrorism forces) 5 Iraqi ICT members, two are severely wounded. pic.twitter.com/I0Sjz7ur4o
— Steven nabil (@thestevennabil) December 9, 2019
Euronews reported that 4 Katyusha rockets struck the area around the airport and that six “fighters” were injured, presumably all Iraqi. There are no reports of fatalities.
MSM wasted no time in blaming the attacks on Iran, with reports immediately saying that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) militia group carried out the attacks. The BBC Persian correspondent Babak Taghvaee furthermore claimed that three rockets were launched.
#BREAKING: The three 122mm unguided rockets which were fired at #Baghdad International Airport at 03:00AM tonight are launched by an #IRGC affiliated militia group. The #IRGC backed militias tried to target a camp which they believe is in use by #US forces. pic.twitter.com/IsxNtFVEbD
— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) December 9, 2019
In fact, no group has taken responsibility as of the morning of December 9th.
In typical fearmongering Taghvaee further said that the IRGC must understand that targeting Operation Inherent Resolve camps is an act of war against not only the US, but against all of the forces presented in the US-led international coalition.
#IRGCTerrorists must understand that targeting any military camp in use by Combined Joint Task Force – Op. #InherentResolve is declaration of a war on not just #US rather all members of the coalition that includes #Australia, #Canada, #UK & #Spain which have troops in #Iraq pic.twitter.com/ZgIe3tF7Bx
— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) December 9, 2019
As a result of the rocket fire, some international flights were reportedly diverted to the northeast of the city to avoid possible incidents.
#UPDATE: Possible a number of international flights above Baghdad have been diverted to the northeast of the city, including an Air France flight, due to rocket/missile launches reportedly targeting US forces at Baghdad International Airport pic.twitter.com/yQrTbftK7y
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) December 8, 2019
This attack comes days after a rocket attack struck the US Balad air base north of Baghdad.
The US State Department blamed the attack on Iran, despite admitting to have no evidence to back the claim.
Something that could potentially be blamed on Iran is the December 3rd shelling of the Ain al-Asad airbase in the Anbar province in Western Iraq.
The base houses US troops. No facilities were hit and there were no injuries, Col. Myles B. Caggins III, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told Military Times in an emailed statement.
Reuters reported, citing the Iraqi military, that five rockets in total landed in the airbase.
Unnamed officials with OIR told Military Times in June that they witnessed an increase in indirect fire attacks near U.S. installations and other interests in the region. This, based on absolutely no evidence, is allegedly due to increased tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Throughout September and October 2019, the US military has carried out a large number of airstrikes on ISIS positions in Iraq, in total 303 munitions have been launched. Regardless, it is likely that Iran would be accused for the shelling of Ain al-Asad base.
In September, a rocket hit near the empty US Embassy in Baghdad, and it was also blamed on Iran proxies, but no evidence was provided.
The attack was the second since May 2019, when a rocket was fired into the Green Zone, landing near the U.S. Embassy compound, which was empty back then again. Both times the rockets fell without causing any damages or casualties.
All of these attacks have one thing in common: they are always allegedly targeting US positions, and there’s never a single US soldier or citizens or anything at all related to the US that is damaged.
The December 9th strike marks the first time people are injured in the attacks, and all of them are Iraqi.
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US is ramping up their false flag attacks in Iraq. It goes in parallel with their color revolution activities.
All Israels Airfighters returned safe to their home bases without a schratch after perfect precision strike close to the US bases to wake up the US/Nato Forces to fight against Iran.
Everybody believed it was Iran backed militants in Iraq. Thus the operation was successful..…..LOL.
Now in 2020 entering electionyear in the US, increasing the possible danger that some entities, and there are many hanging around, want to pressure Trump to react to such provocations, not to be seen as weak on foreign policy. If a limited operation would be started in the next months to “punish” the Iran, chances are high that Iran will “escalate” the conflict by defending its country. Right?
US military doctrine says escalate to deescalate, which could send the hole region into chaos.
“The” Iran?? Also, the whole region (while I’m at it). Why do some people use the “the” qualifier before a nation’s name where it is singular?