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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:03 PM Jan 2020

Breaking: US Embassy suffers 3 direct rocket hits in today's attack on Green Zone

Link to tweet

AFP news agency ✔ @AFP

#BREAKING Of five rockets fired, three made a direct hit on the US embassy in Baghdad, according to a security source

3:49 PM - Jan 26, 2020

Too much happening today...

Previous OP: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212912036

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Breaking: US Embassy suffers 3 direct rocket hits in today's attack on Green Zone (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP

I saw your thread earlier, about an attack in Iraq. Today dewsgirl Jan 2020 #1

I was going to add it to the earlier OP, but this is significant given the direct hits on the embass Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #2

Thank you for posting this, I'm sure everyone will know about it soon dewsgirl Jan 2020 #4

The media needs to be vigilant, trump & co. will tell us only what they want us to know spanone Jan 2020 #3

No worries, just a couple of headaches. The Orange Shitgibbon will tweet the nation later ... marble falls Jan 2020 #5

from Iran? nt Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #6

They're saying Katyusha rockets - short range Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #7

At this point it could be anyone pissed off at our presence JonLP24 Jan 2020 #8

Hope everyone escaped injury. This is a sober reminder of just how much "safer" ooky Jan 2020 #9

Possible putin tRUMP plans bluestarone Jan 2020 #10

what happened to the patriot missile system ? stonecutter357 Jan 2020 #11

They're ineffective against Katyusha rockets (which are rather small) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #12

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

1. I saw your thread earlier, about an attack in Iraq. Today

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:05 PM

Jan 2020

is crazy filled with news, for a Sunday.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. I was going to add it to the earlier OP, but this is significant given the direct hits on the embass

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:11 PM

Jan 2020

What I'm worried about is Trump and how he'll react. I've read one of the reasons he decided to go large and kill Soleimani was the storming of the embassy the week before. He reportedly freaked out because, in his mind, this was his "Benghazi".

Anyhow, looking for more info...

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

4. Thank you for posting this, I'm sure everyone will know about it soon

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:17 PM

Jan 2020

enough. Yes, it was supposedly in response to the American citizen that was killed the week before, I believe the guy was Muslim and that's why Trump never really tweeted about him, just a brief mention.😞