US Forces Shoot Down Armed Drone Over Baghdad Embassy. Iraqi Airbase With U.S. Troops Also Targeted

More video of C-RAM activated over Baghdad tonight in response to another attack on U.S. forces. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/Hm4LPlAhM7
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) July 5, 2021

France 24: US forces shoot down armed drone near US embassy in Baghdad

US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi security officials said, hours after a rocket attack on a base housing US soldiers in the west of the country.

American defence systems fired rockets into the air in Baghdad, according to AFP reporters, with Iraqi security sources saying the salvos took out a drone that was laden with explosives.

Since the start of the year, 47 attacks have targeted US interests in the country, where 2,500 American troops are deployed as part of an international coalition to fight the jihadist Islamic State group.

Six of them involved these kinds of drones, a tactic that poses a headache for the coalition as the aircraft can evade air defences.

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WNU Editor: It is not hard to figure out who is responsible for launching these attacks against US targets in Iraq .... Iraqi militia commander vows to avenge deaths in US strike (Canadian Press). Below is a list of drone & rocket attacks on US bases in Iraq & Syria since June:

Drone & rocket attacks on US bases in Iraq & Syria since June:
•6 June, Al assad
•9 June, Baghdad Airport
•10 June, Balad airbase
•15 June, Baghdad Airport
•20 June, Al Assad
•27 June, Erbil
•28 June, Omar Oil field, Syria
•5 July, Al Assad
•6 July, Union III, US Embassy
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) July 6, 2021