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US 'outraged' by rocket attack that killed women, children
BY , Sep 29, 2020 9:45 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
The attack and subsequent condemnation by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus on Tuesday come after the U.S. threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad. Photo-ANI
The U.S. State Department has condemned a rocket attack that killed Iraqi civilians and called on the government to take action amid an impending diplomatic crisis between Baghdad and Washington.
The attack and subsequent condemnation by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus on Tuesday come after the U.S. threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad, unless Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi can reign in the armed groups responsible for a barrage of rocket attacks targeting the American presence.
A Katyusha rocket struck a residential home in the vicinity of Baghdad airport Monday and killed six civilians, including four children.
The attack is the latest in a spate of rocket and mortar attacks to target the American presence in Iraq, including the U.S. embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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