A security checkpoint near the Green Zone in Baghdad. The Green Zone has been hit by rocket fire 23 times in the past month. Ayman Oghanna for The New York TimesAttacks On Baghdad Green Zone Surge -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — The heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital has in recent weeks come under an intensifying barrage of rocket attacks, and a senior American military commander suggested Wednesday that Iranian-backed militias were behind the attacks in an effort to influence the formation of a new Iraqi government.
The attacks — 23 in the past month, including 2 on Wednesday — have alarmed American officials and raised questions about the ability of Iraq’s security forces to stamp out attacks on the capital’s governmental and diplomatic core.
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