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Rocket Attacks On Baghdad's Green Zone Stepped Up Amid US 'Warning' It'll Shutter Em
• Zero Hedge - Tyler DurdenThis at the same time it's being widely reported that the State Department is actually considering shuttering the embassy's operations altogether, angry at the Iraqi government's inability to reign in the Shia paramilitary groups likely responsible for repeat mortar and missile attacks on the area.
BREAKING: Local sources in Iraq are reporting of a plot to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad and take hostages. The Green Zone may be evacuated. https://t.co/VDOuPdAJIz
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) September 27, 2020
And now Monday more Katyusha rockets have been launched targeting the embassy, though they are being reported to have landed somewhere in the Green Zone off target.