Rockets hit military base housing US forces near Iraqi capital
Baghdad/Xinhua/UNI: A new rocket barrage on Saturday targeted a military base housing US forces near the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the second time in a few days, an Iraqi Defense Ministry source said.
More than 15 rockets landed on the al-Taji Camp, some 20 km north of Baghdad, where some US troops are stationed, with no clear picture about the casualties.
The attack came three days after a similar attack by some unidentified militia groups on Camp Taji that killed two US soldiers and one British service member and wounded a dozen others.
The first attack prompted the US forces to carry out airstrikes on the military bases housing paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces south of Baghdad in the early hours of Friday, leaving at least five security members and a civilian dead and eleven security members injured.
The military bases housing US troops across Iraq and the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad have been frequently targeted by insurgents through mortar and rocket attacks.
Over 5,000 US troops have been deployed in Iraq to support Iraqi forces in battles against the Islamic State, and for training and advisory purposes.
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