On July 11 evening, a US logistic convoy was blew up on the road between Samawah and Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. At least 3 vehicles of the convoy were reportedly destroyed or damaged by gunment that attacked the convoy.
Pro-#PMU media outlet Sabreen News have released a video of the convoy that was attacked. pic.twitter.com/OPcJTyjKxF
— Aurora Intel – #StayHome (@AuroraIntel) July 11, 2020
Additional video from the targeted convoy. No confirmed information on injuries etc. pic.twitter.com/lAcscfQexL
— Aurora Intel – #StayHome (@AuroraIntel) July 11, 2020
There have been no reports about casualties following the attack. US logistical convoys in Iraq are often supported or even operated by private contractors. So, the Pentagon may try to ignore the incident pretending that nothing has happened.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Nonetheless, Iraqi sources say that the attack was conducted by one of anti-US Iraqi resistance groups. Multiple such groups appeared following the US drone strike on Baghdad International Airport in early January 2020. The drone strike killed the deputy commander of the Iraqi Armed Forces’ Popular Mobilization Forces and the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
