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US contractor leaves Iraqi base after rocket attacks - Newspaper


SAMARRA (Iraq): US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi army’s F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks.
At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, where other US companies including Sallyport are also present, since the start of the year.
At least three foreign subcontractors and one Iraqi subcontractor have been wounded.
The attacks are rarely claimed, and when they are it is by obscure groups that experts say are a facade for Iran-backed Iraqi factions.
“On Monday morning, 72 Lockheed Martin technicians left,” a high-ranking Iraqi military official told this news agency, while a second confirmed the move. ....

Sala Ad Din , United States , Liwa Irbil , Tahsin Al Khafaji , Qassim Al Araji , Lockheed Martin , Iran Backed Iraqi , Joint Operations Command , சலா விளம்பரம் தின் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , லாக்ஹீட் மார்டின் , கூட்டு செயல்பாடுகள் கட்டளை ,

US contractor leaves Iraq base over rocket attacks


US contractor leaves Iraq base over rocket attacks
The United States has provided Iraq with 34 F-16s, all stationed at Balad. [Getty]
Date of publication:
11 May,
2021
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US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi army s F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks.
At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, where other US companies including Sallyport are also present, since the start of the year.
At least three foreign subcontractors and one Iraqi subcontractor have been wounded.
The attacks are rarely claimed, and when they are it is by obscure groups that experts say are a facade for Iran-backed Iraqi factions. ....

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