Several Injured in Rocket Attack on Iraq Base Housing U.S. Personnel
“Two Katyusha rockets were fired at al Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base.”
U.S. defense officials said a rocket attack on Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq injured several personnel.
From Reuters:
At least five U.S. personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies following last week’s killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Two Katyusha rockets were fired at al Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base. It was unclear whether the attack was linked to threats by Iran to retaliate over the killings.
The report could still change.
“Base personnel are conducting a post-attack damage assessment,” said an official. “We will provide updates as more information becomes available.”
One American is seriously injured.
No group took responsibility. Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have attacked “bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria after a lull of several months, following a strike on a base in Jordan in late January that killed three American soldiers and prompted a series of retaliatory U.S. strikes.”
Tensions have risen in the Middle East, with Iran threatening to attack Israel soon.
Due to the threats, the U.S. has sent more fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East.
Iraq has 2,500 U.S. troops.
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get ready for the pr from the wh
kamala harris sat in with top military leaders and launched a counter attack
which saw only the perps eliminated
what about lloyd austin mansplaing to the former jag female retired general who gave omarians a plea deal for their “unkindness” during 9 11 2001
Will this be the excuse for us to send more American men and women to die for another country? Have another war and then advertise that it would be wrong to change horse(teeth) in mid-stream; that we must elect Miss Harris?
Could be. War in Ukraine, Iran and Hezbollah threatening all-out war against Israel, fraudulent elections in Venezuela, riots in England, rockets in Iraq…
Nothing like a war to distract the public from the fact that no one is currently in charge, and we should vote for more of the same.
Any war will do. Pigs at the trough with the “lost” pentagon money.
I doubt it….. I bet Iran has been given the go ahead to injury a certain number of US troops…
How did the USS Maddox get up on the sand like that? Almost 60 years to the day: 7Aug1964.
Iranian Proxy as usual.
It is because Iran is afraid to fly their own flag, and take responsibility.
Oh, it is Election Season.
The Democrats need a War. Real bad.
Off topic, sorry.
Sky News abruptly cuts its live feed as a mob of hostile migrants surround its reporter.
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1820500865385701708
Donald Trump dealt with exactly this swiftly and decisively.
That said Board of Democrats-Kamala White House very clearly sees Iran as an ally and rewards everything Iran does so expect this to get much worst if Trump loses.
Can someone explain why we are still in Iraq, and especially at Al-Asad AB? I have been there several times in 2006/7/8 and there is NOTHING there, and yet we are still running a base in the middle of the desert.