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Rockets hit Iraqi base the place US & British troopers had been killed by comparable assault this week – experiences
An Iraqi base internet hosting overseas navy service members has been hit by a barrage of rockets on Saturday, Iraqi officers mentioned. An analogous assault on Wednesday killed three individuals, together with two People.
A dozen rockets hit Camp Taji north of capital Baghdad, Stars and Stripes reported citing Iraqi officers. There was no speedy phrase on casualties.
Unconfirmed experiences on Iraqi social media mentioned as many as 20 Katyusha rockets have been fired on the base.
#BREAKING March 14 – Taji, north Baghdad, #Iraq Camp Taji comes below new assault of as much as ten mortars/rockets. Coalition forces are housed on this web site. An analogous assault earlier this week left two People & a Brit killed, prompting U.S. airstrikes towards #Iran-backed militias. pic.twitter.com/HbyRJxMr5j
— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) March 14, 2020
The Wednesday assault on Camp Taji claimed three lives and left a dozen extra injured. The troopers killed had been recognized as a 27-year-old US Military specialist, a 28-year-old US Air Pressure workers sergeant and a 26-year-old British lance corporal reservist with the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry.
The US and Britain retaliated for the assault by launching airstrikes at Iraqi bases internet hosting Iraqi Shia militias, which Pantagon blamed for the assault.
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