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BAGHDAD, Jan 27 — Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq’s capital yesterday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country.  The attack marked a dangerous escalation in the spree of rocket attacks in...

The smoke from burning tents is seen, as Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad's main protest site at Tahrir Square, during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad January 25, 2020. — Reuters pic

Yesterday, one rocket hit an embassy cafeteria at dinner time while two others landed nearby, a security source told AFP. Iraq has already been dragged into a worrying tit-for-tat between the United States and Iran over the last month. Sadr had previously backed separate anti-regime protests sweeping Iraq’s capital and south, even though he controls the largest bloc in parliament and top ministerial posts.

Those efforts continued into Sunday, with security forces using live rounds and tear gas to try to flush protesters out of squares and streets they had occupied for months. In Baghdad, university students marched from a campus in the city centre to the main rally area of Tahrir Square.

 

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