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Missiles hit US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties

Public Policy

At least six missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Irbil, with several missiles hitting the building, Iraqi and U.S. security officials said. A U.S. official said the missiles were launched from neighboring Iran.

Early reports suggested there were no U.S. military casualties, a senior U.S. defense official said.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because information was still coming in, said it was still not certain exactly how many were fired and exactly where they landed. It also wasn’t clear if there were other casualties.

The Iraqi security officials said there were no immediate report of casualties from the attack, which occurred shortly after midnight and caused material damage in the area. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

One of the officials said the ballistic missiles were fired from Iran, without elaborating.

The attack comes several days after an Israeli strike near Damascus, Syria killed two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the attack Wednesday and vowed revenge.

On Sunday, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iraqi media acknowledging the attacks in Irbil, without saying where they originated.

Satellite broadcast channel Kurdistan24, which is located near the U.S. consulate, went on air from their studio shortly after the attack, showing shattered glass and debris on their studio floor.

A security statement said Irbil was targeted “with a number of missiles” early Sunday, adding that security forces were investigating the incident and would release more details later.

The attack comes as negotiations in Vienna over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal hit a “pause” over Russian demands about sanctions targeting Moscow over its war on Ukraine.



56 Comments on "Missiles hit US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties"

  1. FamousDrScanlon on Fri, 18th Mar 2022 11:33 am 

    clog, how do you know what Putin is saying? Unless you speak Russian you can’t know what he’s saying. Does your boy friend speaks Russian clog? Even the youtub transcript, which is shitty at the best of times, is written in cyrillic.

    So,how do you know what Putin is saying?

    Perhaps all the people in the stadium are ‘crisis actors’?

    You right wing conservatives play the ‘crisis actors’ card all the time when confronted with evidence that contradicts you cartoon narratives. Why not me? I think everyone should have their own deck of crisis actor cards.

  2. Biden's hairplug on Fri, 18th Mar 2022 1:44 pm 

    “Unless you speak Russian you can’t know what he’s saying. Does your boy friend speaks Russian?”

    I do speak basic Russian. Because my boyfriend of several years, who happened to be a girl, was from Moscow.

    Вы понимаете?

  3. FamousDrScanlon on Fri, 18th Mar 2022 2:59 pm 

    Thanks clog, but I’ll wait for a proper translation or better yet file it in the irrelevant folder where all preaching to the choir speeches go.

    Say hi to your smelly Russian girlfriend with hairy armpits, from me.

  4. Biden's hairplug on Fri, 18th Mar 2022 5:18 pm 

    “China-Russia relations the most important strategic asset that cannot be damaged by US provocation”

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1255251.shtml

    If NATO installs a no-fly zone over Ukraine, a world war is guaranteed and will bring in China, North-Korea and Iran.

    And it probably is going to be a world war, Thucydides Trap and all.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides_Trap

    WW3 will begin in Eurasia and end in North-America.

  5. Biden's hairplug on Fri, 18th Mar 2022 5:30 pm 

    NATO SENDS 140,000 TROOPS TO EASTERN EUROPE. FACE TO FACE WITH MOSCOW

    If true, it won’t be long until Russia shuts off all fossil fuel deliveries to Europe and Russia, China, North-Korea and Iran will mobilize.

    https://southfront.org/nato-sends-140000-troops-to-eastern-europe-face-to-face-with-moscow//

  6. Biden's hairplug on Sun, 20th Mar 2022 9:40 am 

    The next Putin (43):

    https://twitter.com/wierdduk/status/1505532657614172167?s=20&t=E-0Lpy5hiCihDHTqqjkJ0w

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