US response to missile attack on Mossad bases in Erbil.
The State Department responded to a rocket attack on two Mossad bases in Erbil, Iraq, this morning.
Some Iraqi sources reported the sound of horrific explosions in the city of Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Sunday morning, and the Saberin News channel reported that dozens of explosions shook the city of Erbil.
Following the initial news, Al Jazeera reported that “a new building under construction by the US Consulate in Erbil” was the target of tonight’s missile strike.
“We condemn the shameful attack on our consulate in Erbil, and Iraqi and Kurdish officials are investigating the incident,” a senior US State Department official told Al Jazeera.
The US official also said that the US consulate complex was not damaged and that “the attack on the US consulate in Erbil did not cause any casualties or damage.”
U.S. officials quickly blamed Iran for the attacks, and the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials had claimed that the rocket landed Sunday morning near the new US consulate in northern Iraq. Iran originated.
According to the report, US officials said the US consulate complex had not been targeted and that US personnel had not been harmed, adding that they did not know exactly what had been targeted and that the attack was under investigation.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that US officials had said that the rocket attacks this morning were in retaliation for the Israeli airstrikes in Syria last Monday, and that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh had said after the attacks that Iran had taken steps to Will hold responsible for holding the Zionist regime.
“According to the report, the State Department has issued a statement saying, ‘The Iraqi government and the KRG are investigating this incident. We condemn this heinous attack and the display of violence.’
