Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kazemi has come out unharmed from an attack perpetrated with a drone bomb directed against his residence in the center of Baghdad, as reported by the Security Information Cell in a statement reproduced by the official Iraqi news agency.
According to the note, there was “a unsuccessful assassination attempt against the Prime Minister, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, with a drone with explosives, launched against his residence in the Green Zone in Baghdad. “However – he adds – Al Kazemi” did not suffer any damage and is in good health.
The prime minister himself has confirmed through his Twitter account that he is well and asked the population to calm down in the face of this assassination attempt. “I’m finePraise God, among my people, and I ask for calm and moderation from all, for the good of Iraq, “he assured. heroic security forces to preserve the safety of the people, defend rights and restore the law, “he wrote.
The Green Zone, where the Prime Minister’s residence is located, is a fortified area in the center of Baghdad, which also concentrates a good number of government buildings and foreign embassies.
The attack that occurred this Sunday occurs at a time of tension in Iraq after violent clashes between protesters and police during a demonstration last Friday in the capital, in front of the Green Zone itself, against the results of the legislative elections on October 10. Clashes that left two dead and more than a hundred injured.
Various Iraqi parties consider the scrutiny fraudulent of those elections, especially those representing the militias integrated in the Popular Crowd, mostly Shiites and pro-Iranians, since they suffered a great loss of vote compared to the 2018 elections. Their supporters have been camping for almost two weeks. protest in front of the Green Zone.
In the last two years this area has been subject to various rocket attacks, aimed mainly against the United States embassy following the assassination of the Iranian commander Qasem Soleimaní in a targeted bombardment in Baghdad. A US action that was widely criticized by Iraqi political forces and pro-Iranian militias in the country, whom Washington blames for these attacks against the Green Zone, which are not claimed.
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