Five wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting Americans
F-16 fighters are stationed at the Balad airbase, and several maintenance companies are present there
AFP
April 19, 2021
SAMARRA, IRAQ:
Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad s allies Tehran and Washington.
Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of US company Sallyport, a security source told AFP.
Two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers were wounded, the source added.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the United States routinely blames Iran-linked Iraqi factions for such attacks on its troops and diplomats.
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