{"id":54601,"date":"2020-11-17T21:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/17\/at-least-2-iraqi-personnel-wounded-after-4-rockets-strike-baghdads-green-zone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:24:59","slug":"at-least-2-iraqi-personnel-wounded-after-4-rockets-strike-baghdads-green-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/11\/17\/at-least-2-iraqi-personnel-wounded-after-4-rockets-strike-baghdads-green-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi military says child killed in rocket attack on Baghdad\u2019s Green Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BAGHDAD \u2014 Rockets struck Iraq\u2019s capital Tuesday with four landing inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraq\u2019s military said, killing a child and wounding at least five people, signaling an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed militias<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Iraqi security officials said one of the rockets that hit the Green Zone struck close to Iraq\u2019s National Security Service, just 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the American Embassy. Some of the rockets were intercepted by the C-RAM air defense system<\/a> installed by the U.S. earlier this year, they said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iraq\u2019s military said three rockets landed outside the Green Zone, one hitting close to Baghdad Medical City hospital, one at the gate of a public park, and a third exploded in the air. One child was killed and five civilians were wounded, the military statement said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said two Iraqi security forces personnel were also wounded inside the Green Zone. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military said the incident would not go without \u201cprosecution and accountability.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and left in 2011 but returned in 2014 after the Islamic State group overran large parts of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequent attacks targeting the U.S. Embassy and vehicles transporting equipment for U.S. troops have led Washington to threaten to close its Baghdad diplomatic mission<\/a> and sparked a diplomatic crisis prior to the U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack comes after a recent announcement by the Pentagon that it would reduce troop levels in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500. <\/p>\n\n\n\t