Fuad Hussein’s comments came hours after seven rockets struck Baghdad, four of them exploding inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government and home to the US Embassy.
The rockets, which killed a child and maimed five other civilians, indicated an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed militias in October to halt attacks targeting the US presence in Iraq.
One rocket landed just 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the US Embassy compound, Iraqi security officials said.
US troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and left in 2011 but returned in 2014 after the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group overran large parts of Iraq.
Frequent attacks targeting the US Embassy and vehicles transporting equipment for US troops have led Washington to threaten to close its Baghdad diplomatic mission.
Hussein called the attack against the Green Zone "blatant, criminal and terrorist" in comments to news hounds following a meeting with the US ambassador and US military leaders. "It is an attack on the Iraqi government and Iraqi people and we condemn such operations," Hussein said.