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URL copied Image Source : AP FILE - This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.   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 immedi...

Ten rockets were fired Wednesday at a military base in Iraq that hosts U.S. forces, the Defense Department said, ahead of a visit this week from Pope Francis.

The Globe and Mail Samya Kullab and Lolita C. Baldor BAGHDAD Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Nasser Nasser/The Associated Press The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an airbase in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed. A U.S. contractor died after at least 10 rockets slammed into the base earl...

Pope Francis is due to visit Iraq on Friday in the first-ever papal trip to the country.

KSL TV WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an air base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed. A U.S. contractor died after at least 10 rockets slammed into the base early Wednesday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, the first since the U.S. struck Iran-aligned militia targets along the Iraq-Syria border last week. "We are following that through right now," President Joe Biden told reporters. "Thank God, no one was killed by the rocket, but one individual, a contractor, died...