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<p><span>WASHINGTON (March 3, 2021) — 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 Iraq, the Pentagon said.</span></p>
Rockets Attack Military Base In Iraq Hosting US Troops The Iraqi military released a statement saying the attack did not cause significant losses and that security forces had found the launch pad used for the missiles. Associated Press (AP) 2021-03-03T14:16:50+05:30 Rockets Attack Military Base In Iraq Hosting US Troops outlookindia.com 2021-03-03T14:17:33+05:30 At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualti...
A base housing U.S.-led coalition troops in Iraq was hit by at least 10 rockets on Wednesday morning, military officials said."We can confirm that early this morning the air base at Al Asad in Iraq came under rocket attack," top Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.Kirby said preliminary indications are that about 10 rockets were fired from points of origin east of the base, and that Al Asad's Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-...
As Biden Faces New Iran Crisis in Iraq, Syria Warns of 'Consequences' to U.S. Attacks On 3/3/21 at 11:59 AM EST Syria's permanent mission to the United Nations has expressed to Newsweek a warning against U.S. strikes in the country in the wake of a new rocket attack against U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq. The latest attack, which remains unclaimed, struck Iraq's Ain Al Asad Airbase in Al-Anbar province on Wednesday. It follows a similar rocket attack claimed last month by a pro-Iran "Axis of Resistance"-style militia against an airport in the northern city of Erbil. A contractor was killed ...
There was no official confirmation on the casualties or damage caused due to this attack so far. Mar 03, 2021 · 08:22 pm A file photo of military vehicles of US soldiers seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq. | John Davison/Reuters As many as 10 rockets hit an Iraqi military airbase hosting United States-led coalition troops on Wednesday, reported CNN. There was no official confirmation on the casualties or damage caused due to this attack so far. “10 IDF [Indirect fire] rockets targeted an Iraqi military base, Al Asad Airbase, hosting coalition troops, on March 0...