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BIZARRE: Rockets hit baghdad s green zone as iraqi mps meet to elect president | Mind Blowing Facts

File photo of supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr outside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, August 23, 2022. © Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP

At least three rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone on Thursday as a parliamentary session was about to meet to elect a new president and break a political gridlock.

The rocket attack came as the crisis-hit country makes its fourth attempt this year to elect a president more than a year after general elections.

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