Tool used in attack on Iraq PM’s house carrying fingerprints of perpetrators

Mohamed Youssri

The house of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was the target of a drone attack early in the day on November 7.

The attack left the house in significant damage. However, it caused no human losses, even as it left some of the security guards of the Iraqi premier injured.

Nonetheless, the attack has raised questions about the party executing it, especially since the means used in carrying it out is distinctive of a particular faction.

This faction is known for its opposition to Al-Kadhimi’s efforts to liberate Iraqi decision-making from those who are loyal to some outside parties, including Iran.

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The head of the Security Media Cell in Iraq, Saad Maan, said three drones were used in the attack on the house of the prime minister.

He noted that security forces managed to shoot down two of the three drones used in the attack, whereas the third one succeeded in completing the attack on the house which is located in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Iraqi security sources indicated, meanwhile, that the incident caused damage to the prime minister’s house and left some bodyguards injured.

Al-Kadhimi told Iraqi television that ‘cowardly’ missile and drone attacks do not build nations.

“Nor do they build a good future for nations,” he said.

He mentioned the reasons that could stand behind the attack on his house.

“We work to build our country by respecting the state and its institutions, and establishing a better future for all Iraqis,” the Iraqi prime minister said.

He invited Iraqi parties for what he described as a ‘calm’ and ‘constructive’ dialogue.

He probably especially referred to Iraqi political forces that do not abide by the constitutional frameworks and legal contexts of the electoral process that took place in Iraq recently.