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Officer killed in drone strike near Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad
The drone strike targeted a telecom unit collaborating with US advisers, killing one officer and wounding another amid ongoing US-Iran proxy conflicts in Iraq.
- A drone struck the Iraqi National Intelligence Service headquarters in Mansour district at about 10am local time, killing an Iraqi officer.
- Iraq has been unwillingly drawn into the regional conflict triggered by the US‑Israel attack on Iran on February 28, with pro‑Iran armed groups claiming near‑daily attacks on US interests in Iraq.
- It struck a communications building that houses a unit working with US advisers and monitors strikes, while another drone crashed into a private members sports club; the attack followed strikes on a US military complex and Baghdad International Airport US diplomatic and logistics hub.
- The Iraqi National Intelligence Service condemned the strike as 'terrorist attack carried out by rogue elements' and reported an officer was wounded in the attack.
- Occurring during Eid al‑Fitr, the attack in the Mansour neighbourhood follows a wider escalation since February 28, with the Pentagon confirming strikes on pro‑Iran groups and Kataeb Hezbollah observing a five-day pause.
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An Iraqi officer was killed on Saturday in a drone attack targeting an Iraqi intelligence services building in a residential Baghdad neighbourhood, the agency said, as the Middle East war reverberates across the country. Iraq has been unwillingly drawn into the conflict with strikes targeting Iran-backed groups, which in turn have claimed near-daily attacks on US interests, mostly in Iraq but also across the wider region. At around 10:00 am loca…
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