Baghdad: Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhemi said he was not injured and asked “calm and restrainted” after the drone attack at his residence on the early Sunday which increased the tension of the war in the country.
The attack in the Green Zone Baghdad is the first to target the residence of the Kadhemi who has been in power since May 2020.
It comes when Iraqi political parties negotiate alliances who will run the next government after the election.
The vote saw the conquest alliance (fatah), the political arm of the al-Shaabi paramilitary network which was well-smoked, suffered a substantial decline in its parliamentary seat, leading the group to denounce the results as “fraud”.
The winner, with more than 70 seats according to the initial number, is the movement of Moqtada Sadr, a Shia Muslim preacher who campaigned as a nationalist and Iranian criticism.
There are no groups claimed to be the responsibility for Sunday attacks, which leave two wounded guards, according to security sources.
The gunshot was heard and smoke looked riding from the green zone area after the strike.
Photos issued by the Kadhemi office showed debris scattered on the ground under the broken exterior and the door that had been removed.
In a tweet, Kadhemi called “for tranquility and restraces in the part of all people for Iraq’s good”.
“My residence has become a target of a coward attack.
Praise God, I’m fine and so are those who work with me,” he said in short videos distributed on social media.
His office described the attack as a “failed murder effort”.
The United States ‘Heart of State’, which has around 2,500 soldiers in the country, said it was “relieved to learn the prime minister was not hurt”.
“This clear acts of terrorism, which we curse, are directed at the heart of the Iraqi country,” said the Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned.
The US has offered assistance to Iraqi security forces investigating strikes, he added in a statement.
Iraqi President Barham Salih, who has a seremonial role mostly, said the attack “requires a united position in the face of evil actors who try to disrupt the country’s security and the safety of the people.” We cannot accept dragging Iraq into chaos and to a coup against the constitutional system.
“A large number of security forces were deployed in and around the green zone, which also hosted the US Embassy and were often targeted by rocket attacks.
On October 31, three rockets hit Mansour, a neighboring district, without causing any injury to Iraq.” Cleric Sadr influences the attack “against Iraq and Iraqis”.
It came during the period by by the tension in the results of the 10th of the 10th of the Election, the fifth since the 2003 US-led invasion overthrew Dictator Saddam Hussein with promises to bring freedom and democracy.
Hundreds of supporters of the hash clashed with the police on Friday while protesting near the green zone to vent their anger over the initial results.
One protester died of a hospital injury, according to a security source, while the source of the hash said two demonstrators were killed.
Several hundred supporters of the pro-Iran group returned to the green zone on Saturday to protest, and some burn portraits of the prime minister, which they called “criminals”.
Pro-hash protests aimed at strengthening the position of negotiations during the coalition bargaining process, Ihsan Al-Shamari Iraqi political analyst has said.
According to the initial calculation, the conquest won around 15 of the 329 seats in parliament, down from 48 previously held, which made it the second largest block.
The final election results are expected in a few weeks.
Kadhemi put forward voting, initially planned for next year, in concessions for anti-government protests for endemic corruption, Iran’s influence, unemployment and failure of public services in oil-rich countries but tribit poverty.
Activists accused the armed forces Hashed – 160,000 of his fighters are now integrated into Iraqi state security forces – to be noticed in Iran and act as a suppression of critics.
Another drone attack in Iraq has occurred over the past few months, especially for the interests of America.
Officials in the United States accused Iran had supplied drones used in attacks by its allies in the Middle East.
At the end of October the Ministry of Finance approved Brigadier General Saeed Aghajani who led the command of the Aerial Vehicle Guards of the Iranian Revolution.
Iraq PM calls for restraint after drone attacks at his house
