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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western

BAGHDAD: A US contractor died of cardiac failure after rocket fire hit an Iraqi base hosting coalition troops Wednesday, the Pentagon said, just two days ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the country. Around 10 rockets slammed into the sprawling Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq's western desert after several weeks of escalating US-Iran tensions on Iraqi soil. "A US civilian

The Iraqi military said the attack did not cause significant damage and that security forces had found the launch pad used for the rockets.

At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.

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