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Iraq's air defence systems intercept rocket targeting US Embassy in Baghdad

By ANI | Updated: July 5, 2020 06:15 IST

The air defence systems in Iraq have intercepted a rocket targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad.

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The air defence systems in Iraq have intercepted a rocket targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad.

Al Arabiya reported that a patriot battery system had responded to the rocket but could not intercept it far enough and, hence, fell within the Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

( With inputs from ANI )

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