An unknown faction has claimed responsibility for two attacks targeting the United States embassy in Baghdad on Saturday evening.
This faction, which calls itself “Fateh Khabir Brigade,” is added to dozens others that had claimed responsibility for operations against the international coalition forces operating in Iraq, as part of the efforts to combat ISIS.
It issued a statement on social media stressing that the “US enemy does not understand the language of dialogue and peace.”
“The deadline given to the American forces is about to expire, and they haven’t yet implemented the agreement to leave the country,” the statement read.
It added that it decided to confront these forces with strikes, describing the measure as “painful, disturbing and destabilizing.”
Two Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone that houses the US embassy late Saturday.
“The Green Zone in Baghdad was the target of two Katyusha rockets. The first was shot down in the air by C-RAM defense batteries, the second fell near the zone’s festivals arena, damaging two vehicles,” Iraq’s security forces said in a statement.
A security source in the embassy said that the shot down rocket fell near the US embassy, while the second came down roughly 500 meters away. No American casualties were reported.
In similar news, a roadside bomb explosion targeted Sunday a convoy of the US-led coalition forces delivering military equipment to the Iraqi forces in Anbar province, north of Iraq.
A security source said in a statement that the bomb attack did not result in any casualties or serious material damage, but that it temporarily stopped the convoy.
It came hours after the Security Media Cell said that the Iraqi forces had thwarted a similar attack targeting a convoy of the coalition forces in Babil province, south of Iraq.
