US ‘Outraged’ by Baghdad Rocket Attack: State Department

The State Department said on Sept. 29 that the United States is “outraged” by Monday’s rocket attack in Baghdad, Iraq.

People are seen through a hole of a house damaged by a rocket attack in the Abu Ghraib district, on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 29, 2020. Saba Kareem/Reuters

The State Department said on Sept. 29 that the United States is “outraged” by Monday’s rocket attack in Baghdad, Iraq, that killed six Iraqi civilians, and called on the Iraqi government to take action against those responsible.

The six Iraqi civilians—all women and children—were killed when two militia rockets struck a family home Monday in Baghdad’s Radwaniyah neighborhood. The Iraqi capital’s international airport, which is nearby, was the intended target, security officials believe.