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This Video Does Not Show Missiles Targeting The U.S. Consulate in Iraq

Enas Mzaini Enas Mzaini
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20th January 2024
This Video Does Not Show Missiles Targeting The U.S. Consulate in Iraq
The video predates the recent Iran strikes in Iraq (X)

The Claim

A Video Show. Missiles Targeting The U.S. Consulate in Iraq.

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Recently, a video has gone viral on social media purporting to depict missiles by Iran targeting the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

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Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. The video is outdated and does not depict a missile being fired by Iranian military forces towards the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

The Video Predates The Recent Iran Strikes in Iraq

Misbar’s team found that the video dates back to 2022 and the attack was launched from the Dora near Baghdad targeting the U.S. embassy. 

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The rockets, which wounded two civilians, had been launched from the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad according to an Iraqi military statement. 

In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said  its compound had been attacked by terrorist groups attempting to undermine Iraq’s security, sovereignty, and international relations.

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While doing research, Misbar found that the video was first published by Middle East Intelligence X account AuroraIntel on January 13, 2022. The post affirmed that the C-RAM defense system reportedly successfully intercepted two rockets, with an impact in Baghdad, Iraq, and all of them were 107 mm rockets. 

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A YouTube video press report published by NBC News on January 14, 2022 showed scenes of the attack inside the Embassy perimeter in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. The area is home to diplomatic missions and the seat of Iraq’s government.

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Iran Launches Missiles Strikes in Northern Iraq Inflaming Regional Tension

On January 16, 2024, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards attacked the spy headquarters of Israel in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to the state media report. 

In addition to the strikes northeast of Kurdistan's capital Erbil in a residential area near the U.S. consulate, the Revolutionary Guards launched  missile strikes in Syria and Pakistan and destroyed the perpetrators of terrorist operations in Iran, including the Islamic State. Four civilians were killed and six injured, according to the security council of the Kurdish regional government. 

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Misbar’s Classification

Misleading

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