The constant trickle of rockets is a message to the US, during the period of US-Iraq strategic dialogue, designed to show that pro-Iranian groups control Iraq and can do as they please.
US Army soldiers keep watch on the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020(photo credit: DOD/LT. COL. ADRIAN WEALE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN