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Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces by Reuters Share: (Adds military and U.S. coalition statement) BAGHDAD, March 3 (Reuters) - At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said. It was the second rocket attack in Iraq this month and came two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country. The attack caused no significant losses, Iraqi's military said without going into further detail. A Baghdad Operations Command official told Reuters earlier that about 13 rockets...

The attack on the Ain al-Asad base comes two days before Pope Francis's historic visit to the country

Multiple rockets land at airbase where US, coalition forces are based, according to coalition and Iraqi forces.

by Binoy Kampmark / March 2nd, 2021 Every power worth its portion of salt in the Levant these days seems to be doing it.  On February 25, President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Syria.  The premise for the attacks was implausible.  “These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and Coalition personnel in Iraq,” claimed Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, “and to ongoing threats to those personnel.” More specifically, the strikes were in retaliation for rocket attacks in northern Iraq on the airport of Erbil that left a Filipino contractor working fo...

A senior US official informed that Iraqi special forces are leading the response and probing the attack. "10 IDF [Israel Defense Forces] rockets targeted an Iraqi military base, Al Asad Airbase, hosting Coalition troops, on March 03, 2021 at approx 7:20 a.m. (Iraqi time) [04:20 GMT]. Iraqi SF [special forces] are leading the response and investigation. Further information will be released as it becomes available," Operation Inherent Resolve, Spokesperson Col. Wayne Marotto said on Twitter. Last month, a rocket attack on US-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor and injure...