Multiple Rockets Launched At US Embassy In Baghdad. US Forces Activate Air Defense (Videos, Photos)

On December 20, multiple rockets were launched by unknown gunmen at the Green Zone area in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The fortified area hosts the US embassy and Iraqi government buildings. US forces deployed in the area activated their C-RAM (Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar) systems to intercept the rockets. Nonetheless, at least a part of them fell in the area.

More footage of U.S. CRAM units intercepting rockets over Baghdad's Green Zone in #Iraq.pic.twitter.com/zS9UvxpjEv

— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) December 20, 2020

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