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7 bombs struck an Iraqi joint military base housing US soldiers, wounding 4 – Business Insider, Business Insider

7 bombs struck an Iraqi joint military base housing US soldiers, wounding 4 – Business Insider, Business Insider


                    

At least four Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Sunday in a rocket attack on the Balad airbase in northern Iraq,according to Reuters.

The ************************************** The outlet reported that the Iraqi military said in a statement that the base, which also houses US personnel, was targeted by eight Katyusha rockets that were fired from about 80 miles ( km north of Baghdad. According to the report, seven of those rockets hit the base’s runway.

No casualties among the US forces were reported, according to Reuters, and the military statement did not identify who was behind the attack.

The injuries come just days after an attack ontwo military bases in Iraq.that house US forces that were launched by Iran as tensions between the countries escalated followingthe killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the high-profile head of Iranian elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in an airstrike on January 2 at Baghdad’s international airport in accordance with orders from President Donald Trump.

The strike immediately triggered security concerns for US entities in the region as Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said that a“harsh retaliation is waiting” for Americans.

The Pentagon said in a statement after it completed the fatal airstrike that it had targeted Soleimani because he“was actively developing plans to attack American diplomatsand service members in Iraq and throughout the region,” as the White House emphasized that the strike was ordered as a measure to increase security and peace.                  

                
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