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1 contractor killed, 1 US service member injured in rocket attack in Iraq A picture taken on Dec. 24, 2019, shows a view of the entrance of Erbil International Airport, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region Arbil. (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images) by: Oren Liebermann, Barbara Starr, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Muwafaq Mohammed, CNN Posted: Feb 15, 2021 / 06:52 PM EST (CNN) — A civilian contractor was killed and a U.S. service member was injured along with five other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near E...

The militia group responsible for the attack may have infiltrated the Kurdish region due to the short range of the rockets

“Initial reports that Indirect Fire landed on Coalition Forces in Erbil tonight. There was 1 civilian contractor killed, 5 civilian contractors injured and 1 US service member injured. More information to follow” posted on Twitter few hours ago Col. Wayne Marotto, official military Spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the 83-member Coalition to Defeat Daesh (ISIS). https://mobile.twitter.com/OIRSpox/status/1361426147356073985 «The contractor who was killed was not an American citizen, according to multiple defense officials. At least one local civilian was killed in the att...

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Iraq attack: US base hit by ‘four rockets' - kills contractor and wounds US service member Melanie Kaidan Replay Video UP NEXT Initial reports claim 14 rockets were launched with a US base in northern Iraq as target. Of the rockets fired, 4 purportedly hit US base grounds and 10 others landed outside the compound. The US coalition in Iraq confirmed that among those wounded there was a US service member. Spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) Col Wayne Marotto gave an update on his Twitter account. He wrote: "Initial reports that Indirect Fire landed on Coalition For...