{"id":107344,"date":"2020-12-25T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T02:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=107344"},"modified":"2020-12-25T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T02:02:44","slug":"us-pres-trump-warns-iran-over-rocket-strike-on-embassy-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=107344","title":{"rendered":"US Pres Trump warns Iran over rocket strike on embassy in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-75.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-75.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; US President Donald Trump warned he would hold \u201cIran responsible\u201d in the event of a fatal attack on Americans in Iraq, as the first anniversary of the killing of a top Iranian general in a US air strike approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets,\u201d Trump said on Twitter, referring to an attack that caused damage but no deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGuess where they came from: IRAN,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow we hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq,\u201d he added, before offering \u201csome friendly health advice to Iran: if one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had already pointed the finger at Tehran, while the US military command that covers the region said that the rocket attack \u201cwas almost certainly conducted by an Iranian-backed rogue militia group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said in a statement that while it \u201ccaused no US injuries or casualties, the attack did damage buildings in the US embassy compound, and was clearly NOT intended to avoid casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States will hold Iran accountable for the deaths of any Americans that result from the work of these Iranian-backed rogue militia groups,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran responded by calling on US authorities on Monday not to provoke \u201ctensions\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump ordered the drone attack on January 3, 2020 to kill the powerful Iranian general while he was in Baghdad. The air strike came after Iranian-backed militias had fired rockets at US targets in Iraq, in a scenario echoed by the latest strikes against the US embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Soleimani\u2019s killing, the entire region held its breath in anticipation of an uncontrolled escalation which ultimately did not materialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But tensions are rising again as the first anniversary of the strike nears and the US leader \u2014 in his final weeks in office \u2014 is sticking to his \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d approach toward the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington has recently reduced its diplomatic staff in the Iraqi capital amid speculations that it could close the mission altogether. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; US President Donald Trump warned he would hold \u201cIran responsible\u201d in the event of a fatal attack on Americans in Iraq, as the first anniversary of the killing of a top Iranian general in a US air strike approaches. \u201cOur embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets,\u201d Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":107345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107344"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}